RWE has won the tender for the 700MW Hollandse Kust West 7 site in the Dutch North Sea, one of two designated in the 1400MW HKW offshore wind farm zone.
The German developer’s bid included 600MW of onshore electrolysers for green hydrogen, 225MW of e-boilers for district heating and industrial applications, batteries and floating solar energy at sea, according to the government.
The Hollandse Kust West wind farm zone is located approximately 28.6 nautical miles (53 kilometre) off the west coast of the Netherlands and is expected online by 2026.
“This wind farm will account for about six percent of the current electricity consumption in the Netherlands, around 1 million households,” said Minister Climate and Energy Policy of the Netherlands Rob Jetten.
“Wind energy is also very important for companies and industry, which is increasingly replacing fossil fuels and raw materials with electrical applications. In this way we are taking another concrete step towards the goal of 21GW around 2030.”
The winner of the second site, Hollandse Kust West 6 will be announced by 15 December this year.
Both wind farms are expected to be commissioned between 2025-2026 and construction will be carried out without subsidy.
Applications for the tenders were made between April 14 and May 12, 2022.
Developers that entered the auctions included SSE Renewables, who formed a strategic partnership with Brookfield for its tender, and Vattenfall alongside BASF.
Orsted and TotalEngergies also partnered to put in bids for the two offshore wind leases, as did German developer RWE.