Patrick Walison (Royal Haskoning)

In this session Patrick Walison, Senior Consultant Strategy & Economics at Royal Haskoning, will give a reflection on Seaport developments and its capacity, connecting Eemshaven Port developments to the region. This concludes the first three point in the plan 'Future of Groningen'.

Three 'hard' steps that are decisive for progress and must be taken in the short term:

1. Guaranteed large-scale landing of wind at sea in Groningen, roughly one-third of the wind energy generated and to be generated on the Dutch part of the North Sea will land in Groningen (Eemshaven) as green electricity or as green hydrogen. This can be achieved, for example, by including this location condition in the tender conditions, and/or by including it in the design of the offshore infrastructure.

2. A North Sea-Ems tunnel for cables and pipelines.

   This concerns the guarantee that an Ems corridor for all cables and pipelines for offshore electricity, hydrogen and CO2 to and from Eemshaven, the North Sea-Ems Corridor, will be created in the foreseeable future.

3. Adequate space and infrastructure around Eemshaven/Delfzijl.

   This is necessary to facilitate the intended investments in hydrogen and green raw materials incl. renewable carbon, but also to create a powerful energy hotspot in this area.