The developer said last year that it planned for the 760 MW offshore wind farm to provide surplus electricity to power green hydrogen production on land and to incorporate floating solar panels to allow a more efficient use of ocean space, as well to combine the project with other solutions such as battery storage.

“The battery project is an important step towards a portfolio of innovative demand assets to optimally integrate the weather-related fluctuating power generation profile of the ‘OranjeWind’ offshore wind farm into the Dutch energy system” , RWE said in a press release on 21 September, announcing its decision to invest into the battery storage project.