Right this moment, Dutch King Willem-Alexander formally inaugurated the offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid, a venture owned by Vattenfall, BASF and Allianz. The fossil free electrical energy generated from the 1.5 GW wind farm is anticipated to equal the consumption of 1.5 million households.
To mark the event the king celebrated the completion of Vattenfall’s largest offshore wind farm thus far along with executives of Vattenfall, BASF and Allianz on the seaside of IJmuiden in entrance of a life-sized human turbine.
Hollandse Kust Zuid is positioned within the North Sea, 18-36 kilometers off the Dutch coast between the cities of Scheveningen and Zandvoort. The 139 generators have a complete capability of 1.5 GW, making it one of many largest offshore wind farms on this planet. Its annual electrical energy manufacturing is anticipated to equal the consumption of 1.5 million households. Hollands Kust Zuid is owned by Vattenfall, BASF and Allianz. The wind farm is anticipated to be totally operational in 2024 and will likely be serviced out of the port of IJmuiden.
“Vattenfall goals to be a pacesetter within the power transition and offshore wind is crucial for power safety and to realize Web Zero. The conclusion of a venture of this magnitude makes me actually proud and immediately is a superb instance of what we are able to obtain when partnering with business. Hollandse Kust Zuid won’t solely contribute to cut back BASF’s caron footprint however can even assist meet native companies and households demand for fossil free electrical energy,” says Helene Biström, Head of Enterprise Space Wind at Vattenfall.
“Round half of the electrical energy from Hollandse Kust Zuid will likely be used to cut back the carbon footprint of our merchandise at BASF websites in Europe. It’s the first main funding of BASF in amenities for renewable energy. To be a part of making that occur makes me additionally personally very proud and completely satisfied. This marks one other milestone on our approach to climate-neutral manufacturing of chemical compounds,“ says Dr. Martin Brudermüller, Chairman of the Board of Government Administrators of BASF SE.
BASF goals to cut back its greenhouse gasoline emissions by 25 % by the yr 2030 and obtain net-zero emissions by 2050. Changing fossil-based electrical energy with fossil-free electrical energy is a crucial lever to additional carry down emissions.
“Allianz invests policyholder funds in renewable power and owns greater than 100 wind and photo voltaic farms. I’m delighted that immediately we’re opening our first direct funding in an offshore wind farm, along with BASF and Vattenfall. This underlines the power of partnerships to catalyse motion and convey local weather options to life,” says Oliver Bate, CEO of Allianz
Allianz is dedicated to realize net-zero emissions by 2050 in its proprietary funding and Property & Casualty underwriting portfolios and already by 2030 inside its personal operations
Biodiversity at coronary heart
A number of revolutionary strategies have been used through the building of Hollandse Kust, like a double bubble display screen to dampen underwater noise throughout pile driving to restrict the influence for harbor porpoises. Enlarged water replenishment holes within the foundations provide shelter for marine life contained in the generators, the primary time the construction of a turbine itself is included in nature inclusive wind farm design. Boulders and rocks of various sizes have been used through the building of scour safety. At a number of scour safety websites synthetic rock reefs have been added to make them extra enticing to a wider variety of fish, crabs and crustaceans.
Circularity – recyclable blades
Three generators are fitted with just lately developed recyclable blades. The resin used to ‘glue’ blades collectively will likely be simpler to dissolve after the working lifetime of the generators, making it simpler to disseminate the blades and reuse the completely different components.
Hollandse Kust Zuid is a key venture within the formidable targets that Dutch authorities has set to fight local weather change and to supply the Netherlands with renewable power for the following technology. In 2018, Hollandse Kust Zuid was awarded as the primary subsidy-free wind farm on this planet. The wind farm is anticipated to be totally operational in 2024 and will likely be serviced out of the port of IJmuiden.
Grid connection
Two offshore substations join Hollandse Kust Zuid to the Dutch grid. These grid connections have been developed and will likely be operated by the Dutch TSO TenneT. As a part of the Dutch offshore wind coverage grid connections are publicly funded, which ensures standardisation and subsequent value financial savings. It offers wind farm builders certainty that they won’t have to regulate their designs later.
