Vattenfall opens Energypark Haringvliet – a combination of wind, solar and batteries

Energypark Haringvliet in the Netherlands is inaugurated today. It is Vattenfall’s first power plant that combines wind, solar and batteries. By combining these technologies, it will be able to produce energy at a lower cost, make more efficient use of available grid capacity, with less impact on the environment. 

Located 20 kilometers south of Rotterdam, Haringvliet consists of six wind turbines, 115 000 solar panels and a large battery of 12 sea containers full of batteries. All three technologies jointly share the same grid connection. The energy park is expected to produce approximately 140 GWh of electricity annually, an amount equivalent to the consumption of 40,000 Dutch households. 

Sandra Grauers Nilsson, Head of Business Unit Onshore Wind, says:   

“To reach our climate goals, we have to accelerate the energy transition. Energypark Haringvliet is a great example how to use available resources as efficiently as possible. It combines wind, solar and batteries in such a way that over the span of a year we supply more sustainable energy, at lower costs. And at the same time it has lowest possible impact on environment, grid and surrounding area”.

Wind and solar power complement each other well during different seasons and can share the same grid connection, leading to less power needed to be reserved in the grid. The battery ensures that the net remains in balance. Also, the sharing of substation, cables, grid connection and the maintenance of roads saves time, money and have less environment impact.

Claus Wattendrup, heading the Solar business of Vattenfall, says:

“The opening of Haringvliet is a great step for Vattenfall’s wind and solar business, a proof point for our competence to develop and build cross technology projects in Europe".     

For further information, please contact:

Vattenfall Media Relations, +46 8-739 5010, press@vattenfall.com

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