Approach of the Consortium

Structured and transparent international cooperation is key to taking this next step in offshore developments. The North Sea Wind Power Hub consortium reaches out and calls upon all stakeholders who want to work towards a solution, to step up and contribute. No single actor can bring about the change we need on its own.

It requires teamwork and a broadly shared commitment. Reaching the goals of the project also requires the role of TSOs to move beyond national borders. We stand ready to support governments and societies with our deep expertise to enable timely decision-making and realise a first hub project in the early 2030s.

We take a structured funnelling approach, that supports relevant governments to take decisions on the scope and location of a first hub-and-spoke project in 2023. This funnelling process is organised in three phases: pre-feasibility, feasibility and pre- FEED (pre- Front-End Engineering and Design). With each step, the range of considered project configurations decreases and the level of detail in our studies increases. We intend to carry out the funnelling of configurations in close collaboration with the relevant ministries. We have completed the pre-feasibility phase and are now entering the feasibility phase.

2017

Founding of the consortium

2019

Start pre-feasibility

2020-2021

Pre-feasibility

Develop funnel of 10-20 alternative hub configurations

2021-2022

Feasibility

Select and prioritise based on fair comparison and feasibility the best 3 options

2022-2023

Pre-FEED

Develop preferred configuration based on detailed pre-FEED

2023

Preferred configuration defined

2025

Start construction

Estimated timeline, subject to governmental decision making 

2032

First hub project

Estimated timeline, subject to governmental decision making

Co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility of the European Union

The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of North Sea Wind Power Hub and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. 

North Sea Wind Power Hub feasibility and preparation studies (1.19-0001-NLDE-S-M-20) is co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility of the European Union.