Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has entered a power purchase agreement with Google in the Netherlands. Under the agreement, Google will purchase 250MW from the Zeevonk offshore wind project in the Dutch section of the North Sea to power its Dutch operations for 15 years.
Zeevonk is a joint venture between Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its Energy Transition Fund I. The partners won the tender to build the Zeevonk (previously known as IJmuiden Ver Beta) project in June this year. It consists of a 2 GW offshore wind farm and a 50MW floating offshore solar farm located 62 km off the Dutch coast.
Site investigations have officially started recently in the Dutch North Sea, The project is expected to be operational in 2029. A significant part of the electricity generated by the offshore wind and solar farm will be converted into green hydrogen at a large-scale electrolyser plant at the port of Rotterdam. Google will purchase 250MW.
“Google partnered with CIP ahead of the government tender for this subsidy-free, GW-scale project. We are proud of the outcome and close collaboration with CIP. The Zeevonk project is designed with system integration at heart and combines offshore wind, floating solar and green hydrogen. The partnership with CIP will bring new carbon-free energy to the Dutch grid and power our operations in the country that provide digital tools, artificial intelligence and related services around the world. Together with the existing power purchase agreements we have previously signed in the Netherlands, this agreement is a major milestone towards our ambition to operate on 24/7 Carbon Free Energy (CFE), everywhere we operate, by 2030. This agreement is also an example of how collaboration can enable 24/7 CFE for multiple types of electricity use, including Google’s operations but also for electrolyzers to produce hourly matched renewable hydrogen. We are excited to contribute to the Dutch energy transition where hydrogen will play an essential role,” said Adam Elman, Director of Sustainability EMEA, Google.
Google previously signed offshore wind PPAs in the Netherlands with Eneco and Shell and also PPAs for power from a nearshore and onshore wind farm for its data center in Eemshaven. Source: CIP
