Wind energy
We are the leading European port with a full-fledged industry for offshore energy projects: there are now fifty wind farms in the North Sea, which are partly built and maintained by companies in North Sea Port. There are also around a hundred wind turbines in the port area. All together they generate 280 megawatts of wind energy annually, which can supply no fewer than 180,000 households with electricity.
Solar energy
The solar panels in the port area also generate 110 megawatts of solar energy annually, which can supply electricity to another 28,000 households. In addition, many companies generate their own solar energy with solar panels on their roofs.
Numerous applications
In order to be able to put as much renewable energy on the grid as possible, we are continuing to work on the landing of offshore wind energy and the expansion of the high-voltage network (380 kV). In doing so, we are helping Zeeland companies to contend with the limitations of grid congestion. After all, electrification makes shipping with shore power possible, for example, whereby ships can draw electricity from shore power cabinets and thus do not have to run their diesel engines to generate electricity.
Smart Delta Resources
North Sea Port, in collaboration with Smart Delta Resources, is also playing a pioneering role in the industrial energy transition outside the boundaries of the port area. Various companies and governments in the Scheldt Delta region are joining forces to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050, using, among other things, green energy for industrial processes.