LyondellBasell to purchase power from Ecowende wind farm

International chemical company LyondellBasell will purchase green wind power generated by the Ecowende wind farm. LyondellBasell signed a 15 year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Eneco, the energy company building the wind farm in the coming years together with its partners 53 kilometres off the coast of IJmuiden in the Dutch part of the North Sea.

LyondelBasell will get some 3 per cent of Ecowende’s total capacity of 760 MW for the next 15 years from 2027 onwards. This amounts to around 103 gigawatt hours of green wind power per year and is equal to the annual electricity consumption of approximately 28,500 European homes. With this PPA LyondellBasell surpasses its goal to procure at least half of its electricity from sustainable sources by 2030.

Eneco has the goal to be fully climate neutral in 2035 together with all its customers. PPAs such as this one with LyondellBasell allow us to keep making large investments in wind and solar farms, both onshore and offshore. At the same time we can help LyondellBasell attain its climate goals.

Ecowende will be the most sustainable offshore wind farm to date and is going to be built in harmony with nature. Construction will start next year and the wind farm is scheduled to be fully operational by late 2026. The Ecowende wind farm – on Hollandse Kust (west) lot VI – will provide about 3 per cent of the Dutch electricity demand.