Secure affordable electricity starts at home – and The Netherlands has the natural resources to deliver it.
At SSE we’re helping unlock that potential, bringing our expertise in developing, building, operating and investing in renewable electricity to support the Netherland’s clean energy transition.
We’re a FTSE 100 company with a proven track record of investing in homegrown renewable energy across the UK and Ireland, and now across Europe and Japan.
We’re bringing our decades of experience in offshore wind in the UK North Sea to the Netherlands, which is a key growth market for SSE. The Netherlands represents a complementary and adjacent market to our existing North Sea offshore projects, with an established supply chain and a mature corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) market.
A 2GW offshore wind project in Dutch North Sea with focus on ecology
Working from our office in Rotterdam, we’re progressing the pre-developed and fully consented 2GW IJmuiden Ver Alpha project in Dutch North Sea waters (SSE share, 50%). The project is being progressed with our Dutch joint venture partner APG (on behalf of pension fund ABP).
The IJmuiden Ver Alpha project, located about 62 kilometers off the Dutch coast off the port town of IJmuiden, marks SSE’s first seabed award in the established Dutch offshore wind market.
If approved for delivery, the offshore wind project would be constructed by SSE on behalf of the SSE-APG consortium.
It is estimated the wind farm could be capable of generating enough offshore wind energy annually to meet around 7% of the current Dutch electricity demand.
The project is unique as it is designed to make a positive contribution to nature, a key requirement for the seabed site under the Dutch Government’s competitive tender process for the IJmuiden Ver Wind Farm Zone.
Summary of measures to mitigate ecological effects and enhance natural habitats of the ecosystem
Our consortium has proposed a compelling set of innovative and diverse proposals to reduce and mitigate the IJmuiden Ver Alpha project’s ecological impacts while increasing biodiversity. These will help ensure our proposed offshore wind project can be delivered in a manner which will positively contribute to the marine environment while delivering a cleaner and more secure energy system for the Netherlands.
Click below to read a summary of the proposals.