It has not yet been announced how many bids have been made and which parties are involved. Also not whether and how much money candidates offered. This will become clear in June when the winner is announced. It became clear on Thursday that Eneco is not participating. The company believes the risks for an investment are too great. Eneco calls the current approach to offshore wind ‘not future-proof’.
Competitor Vattenfall announced on Thursday that it is making a bid for both plots, which will have a total capacity of 4 gigawatts. But just like Eneco, the originally Swedish company is critical of the tender procedure. Vattenfall states that the financial side of the latest tender carries too much weight. For the first time, bidders are also expected to make a financial contribution, which in theory could amount to 33 billion euros.
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The government further assesses bidders on the ecological aspects of the turbines and on how the park will be integrated into the overloaded electricity grid.
Vattenfall, which put the world’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm into operation last year, says that there is a chance that the electricity price will not be high enough to recoup the investment in IJmuiden Ver. The fact that you now also have to pay for a plot increases the risks, according to the energy group.
Moreover, companies are not obliged to offer money and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the client, says that the latest market conditions are also taken into account during the development of the new parks.
Vattenfall has announced that it wants to develop one of the two plots, IJmuiden Ver Alpha, independently. In the second field, called Beta, it moves with a partner.
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