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On 6 December 2023, the Dutch Minister for Climate and Energy signed Kavelbesluit kavel Alpha windenergiegebied IJmuiden Ver under the Offshore Wind Energy Act (Wet windenergie op zee), formally designating kavel Alpha in the IJmuiden Ver wind energy zone (approximately 60 km off the Dutch North Sea coast) as the seabed location for an offshore wind farm with a planned installed capacity of approximately 2 GW. The decision was published in the Staatscourant on 28 December 2023 as Stcrt. 2023, 35269. The Kavelbesluit is the Dutch legal instrument under the Wet windenergie op zee (effective 1 July 2015) that formally designates a specific seabed plot for offshore wind use, establishing the basis for the subsequent tender. The Alpha tender was awarded in April 2024 to the Noordzeker consortium (SSE Renewables, APG) under a qualitative criteria scheme emphasising system integration and ecological design.