{"id":378810,"date":"2025-05-19T19:03:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T17:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=378810"},"modified":"2025-05-19T19:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T17:03:26","slug":"dutch-cancel-offshore-wind-auction-due-to-lack-of-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=378810","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Cancel Offshore Wind Auction Due To Lack Of\u00a0Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"405\" data-attachment-id=\"378814\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=378814\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0offshore-wind-turbines-at-sunset-free-photo.jpg?fit=1749%2C980&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1749,980\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0offshore-wind-turbines-at-sunset-free-photo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0offshore-wind-turbines-at-sunset-free-photo.jpg?fit=723%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0offshore-wind-turbines-at-sunset-free-photo.jpg?resize=723%2C405&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-378814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0offshore-wind-turbines-at-sunset-free-photo.jpg?resize=1024%2C574&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0offshore-wind-turbines-at-sunset-free-photo.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0offshore-wind-turbines-at-sunset-free-photo.jpg?resize=768%2C430&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0offshore-wind-turbines-at-sunset-free-photo.jpg?resize=1536%2C861&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0offshore-wind-turbines-at-sunset-free-photo.jpg?resize=1200%2C672&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0offshore-wind-turbines-at-sunset-free-photo.jpg?w=1749&amp;ssl=1 1749w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0offshore-wind-turbines-at-sunset-free-photo.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com\/2025\/05\/17\/dutch-cancel-offshore-wind-auction-due-to-lack-of-interest\/\">NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<strong>Now the Dutch are having trouble finding anyone willing to build offshore wind farms without massive subsidies, as Reuters report:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"145\" data-attachment-id=\"378811\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=378811\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-257.png?fit=874%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"874,175\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-257.png?fit=723%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-257.png?resize=723%2C145&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-378811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-257.png?w=874&amp;ssl=1 874w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-257.png?resize=300%2C60&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-257.png?resize=768%2C154&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Netherlands will postpone tenders for two offshore wind farms with a total capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW) due to a lack of interest from potential bidders, the Dutch government said on Friday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The tenders had originally been planned for September. The government said it would now only open a tender for one location in the North Sea with a capacity of 1 GW then.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Dutch Climate ministry said in March that interest for the three sites it wanted to tender was very low, after energy firms Eneco and Orsted had said they saw no viable business case without subsidies.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The government said it was still looking into ways to reintroduce subsidies in its tenders for offshore wind farms, as prospective bidders are backing out of the current &#8220;zero subsidy&#8221; model.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Full story&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/dutch-postpone-offshore-wind-farm-tenders-due-low-interest-2025-05-16\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now the Dutch are having trouble finding anyone willing to build offshore wind farms without massive subsidies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":378814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691835172,691835171,691818131,691823846],"class_list":["post-378810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-zero-subsidy-model","tag-dutch-climate-ministry","tag-offshore-wind-farm","tag-the-netherlands","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0offshore-wind-turbines-at-sunset-free-photo.jpg?fit=1749%2C980&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1AxQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":275821,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=275821","url_meta":{"origin":378810,"position":0},"title":"Offshore Wind Subsidies On Course To Hit \u00a35bn This\u00a0Year","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"08\/27\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Latest data shows that offshore wind is once again being paid massive amounts in subsidies, as the market price of electricity gradually sinks back nearer to historic rates.","rel":"","context":"In \"CO2\"","block_context":{"text":"CO2","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=co2"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0Offshore-Wind-Construction-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0Offshore-Wind-Construction-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0Offshore-Wind-Construction-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0Offshore-Wind-Construction-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0Offshore-Wind-Construction-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":248703,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=248703","url_meta":{"origin":378810,"position":1},"title":"\u201aGreen\u2018 Energy Slaughter: Offshore Wind Turbines Wiping Out Puffins, Gulls, Gannets &#038; More","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"03\/20\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The bird carcasses soon pile up wherever the wind industry plies its subsidy-soaked trade. 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