Vattenfall signed a Energy Buy Settlement (PPA) with Air Liquide for 115 MW of renewable put in energy capability generated by the just lately inaugurated 1.5 GW Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) offshore wind farm off the Dutch coast.
The PPA has been contracted over a 15-year interval starting in 2026. That is the second PPA of such a scale with Air Liquide, a world participant in gases, applied sciences and providers for the trade and well being sectors.
Air Liquide will use the electrical energy to decarbonize its industrial and medical actions within the area and allow the Group’s prospects to cut back the carbon content material of their finish merchandise to foster a low-carbon financial system in Europe. The PPA will deliver general renewable energy capability obtainable to Air Liquide to round 270 MW in Benelux.
“Air Liquide has formidable sustainability targets, and we’re joyful we are able to present them once more with fossil-free electrical energy to assist them decarbonize. Vattenfall is working for fossil freedom. Lengthy-term contracts like these present us with monetary safety and allow us to maintain investing in wind and photo voltaic farms, a cornerstone in our ambition. The Netherlands is popping to a fossil-free future, and we wish to make {that a} actuality for our prospects.”
Erik Suichies, head of Wholesale Clients at Vattenfall
Subsidy free offshore wind farm
Hollandse Kust Zuid is the primary subsidy free offshore wind farm on the planet. It’s positioned between 18 and 36 kilometers off the Dutch coast, between The Hague and Zandvoort. Its 139 Siemens Gamesa 11MW wind generators will produce greater than 6 TWh of electrical energy yearly, which will probably be obtainable to households and companies.
