Permits for wind farms at IJmuiden Ver Gamma-A and Gamma-B, and Nederwiek I-A

Permits for 3 gigawatts of offshore wind energy

At the beginning of September the IJmuiden Ver Gamma and Nederwiek I sites were split into 4 sites, each for 1 gigawatt (GW) of wind energy capacity. In this permit round, you can submit an application for 3 of these sites. The permit procedure for Site Nederwiek I-B is being postponed. This is because there is a gas transit platform near the Nederwiek I-B site. Research is underway into how helicopters can safely reach this platform with a wind farm in the area.

The Draft Ministerial Orders (regulations) and Draft Wind Farm Site Decisions were published on 21 November 2024. With these, you can start preparing your application.

Read the news item about the publication of these draft documents

When can you apply?

The application period for permits for these wind farm sites opens and closes at the end  of the 3^rd quarter of 2025. We expect to publish the exact opening and closing dates at the beginning of 2025.

The Letter to Parliament dated 26 April 2024 outlines the new planning schedule for offshore wind farms. The final schedule and associated milestones for the offshore grid can be found in the Offshore Wind Energy Development Framework.

What conditions must you meet?

The applications are assessed using a comparative test with a financial offer. This means you can earn points based on a number of ranking criteria. The application with the highest score will receive the permit. In any case, we will take the following aspects into account when determining your score:

• the certainty that you will realise the wind farm;
• the contribution of the wind farm to the energy supply;
• the amount of your financial offer.

There are also other criteria or rules that will be taken into account when assessing permit applications. For Site Nederwiek I-A, the emphasis is on reducing the negative impact of a wind farm on nature in the North Sea. And on ideas that can strengthen nature.

For Sites IJmuiden Ver Gamma-A and -B, there is a greater focus on the integration of electricity into the onshore energy system. The electricity grid in the Netherlands is overloaded (grid congestion) and offshore wind farms generate a lot of electricity. How will you smartly integrate this electricity into the Dutch energy system?

Prepare your application

We regularly post new versions of important documents for your application on this page. This ensures that you can start preparing your application in good time, well before the application period opens. This includes, for example, draft versions of:

• Ministerial Orders
• application forms
• regulations of the permit

Below, you will find the Draft Ministerial Orders (in Dutch). We will publish translations of the Draft Ministerial Orders on this page as soon as possible. Send an e-mail to woz@rvo.nl if you would like to provide feedback on the Draft Ministerial Orders to the Ministry of Climate and Green Growth in January 2025.

Wind Farm Site Decisions

Another document that you use when preparing your application is the Wind Farm Site Decision. The Draft Wind Farm Site Decisions were published on 21 November 2024. The Draft Wind Farm Site Decisions and more information about how you can respond to them can be found on the following pages:

• IJmuiden Ver Gamma-A and Gamma-B (in Dutch)
• Nederwiek I-A (in Dutch)

You can respond to the Draft Wind Farm Site Decisions from 22 November 2024 to 2 January 2025. Below, you can find translations of the regulations from the Draft Wind Farm Site Decisions. These English translations are unofficial and are provided for convenience only. Rights do not apply.

Site characterisation studies

Together with our partners, we conduct site characterisation studies in the IJmuiden Ver and Nederwiek Wind Farm Zones. The data and reports from the site studies are regularly updated on offshorewind.rvo.nl. With the data from these site studies you can make plans and designs for offshore wind farms.

• IJmuiden Ver site studies
• Nederwiek site studies

After your application

• We will assess all applications together with experts.
• A statutory period of 13 weeks applies to the assessment.
• One applicant per wind farm site will receive a permit.
• The highest scoring party for a wind farm site receives the permit to build and operate a wind farm at that site.
• You can also score the highest for multiple sites. In that case, you will receive the permit for multiple sites.

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