Google to offtake 250 MW from CIP, Vattenfall project in Netherlands
Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) today said it has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google, under which the US tech company will purchase 250 MW wind power generated at the Zeevonk project in the Netherlands.Zeevonk is a joint venture between Swedish utility Vattenfall and CIP that combines offshore wind, floating solar and green hydrogen. Expected to be operational in 2029, the project will deploy a 2-GW offshore wind farm and a 50-MW floating offshore solar farm 62 km (38.5 miles) off the Dutch coast, with a large part of the electricity generated by them to be turned into green hydrogen at an electrolyser plant at the port of Rotterdam.“Google partnered with CIP ahead of the government tender for this subsidy-free, GW-scale project,” said Adam Elman, director of sustainability EMEA at 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," Elman added.The PPA supports Google’s ambition to operate on 24/7 carbon free energy (CFE) 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 electrolysers to produce hourly matched renewable hydrogen,” Elman further said.Felix Pahl, partner at CIP, said the agreement highlights the opportunities in the combination of offshore wind, power-to-x and the demand for renewable power by data centres.CIP signed the PPA via its Energy Transition Fund I, described as the largest dedicated greenfield green hydrogen fund globally with about 6.5 GW of electrolyser capacity in development.Google, meanwhile, recently entered into a partnership for the development of gigawatts of renewable power and storage capacities co-located at future data centres.
Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) today said it has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google, under which the US tech company will purchase 250 MW wind power generated at the Zeevonk project in the Netherlands.
Zeevonk is a joint venture between Swedish utility Vattenfall and CIP that combines offshore wind, floating solar and green hydrogen. Expected to be operational in 2029, the project will deploy a 2-GW offshore wind farm and a 50-MW floating offshore solar farm 62 km (38.5 miles) off the Dutch coast, with a large part of the electricity generated by them to be turned into green hydrogen at an electrolyser plant at the port of Rotterdam.
“Google partnered with CIP ahead of the government tender for this subsidy-free, GW-scale project,” said Adam Elman, director of sustainability EMEA at 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," Elman added.
The PPA supports Google’s ambition to operate on 24/7 carbon free energy (CFE) 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 electrolysers to produce hourly matched renewable hydrogen,” Elman further said.
Felix Pahl, partner at CIP, said the agreement highlights the opportunities in the combination of offshore wind, power-to-x and the demand for renewable power by data centres.
CIP signed the PPA via its Energy Transition Fund I, described as the largest dedicated greenfield green hydrogen fund globally with about 6.5 GW of electrolyser capacity in development.
Google, meanwhile, recently entered into a partnership for the development of gigawatts of renewable power and storage capacities co-located at future data centres.
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