Google buys offshore wind power from Vattenfall-CIP JV

Google has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Denmark’s Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for 250 MW of energy capacity at the Zeevonk offshore wind project in the Netherlands.

Under the agreement, Google will purchase 250 MW of wind power generated at the Zeevonk project to power its Dutch operations for 15 years.

“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,” said Adam Elman, Director of Sustainability EMEA, Google.

“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.”

Zeevonk, a joint venture between Vattenfall and CIP, blends offshore wind, solar energy, and green hydrogen at scale.

The IJmuiden Ver Beta project comprises a 2 GW offshore wind farm and a 50 MW floating offshore solar farm located 62 kilometers off the west coast of the Netherlands.

The floating solar farm Vattenfall and CIP plan to install at IJmuiden Ver Beta will have ten times the capacity of the first such project at Hollandse Kust West Site VII.

A significant part of the electricity generated by the offshore wind and solar farm will be converted into green hydrogen at a large-scale electrolyzer plant at the Rotterdam Port.

The electrolyzer will have a capacity of 1 GW, and since the electrolyzer will be built near the location where the offshore wind farm will be connected to the system on land, the electricity does not have to enter the national power grid first, which relieves pressure on the power grid.

The project, which will be built without subsidies, is expected to be operational in 2029.