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Project advancing - milestone achieved
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Kamerbrief 'Actieplan windenergie op zee' (16 September 2025) by Minister Sophie Hermans (KGG) sets the policy frame for the TNW I kavel: (i) it initiates a study to merge the TNW kavel into the Doordewind windenergie zone to deliver the same capacity from a larger area with better TenneT-infrastructure utilisation and higher per-turbine yields, (ii) footnote 4 confirms TenneT has NOT entered into grid obligations for the TNW kavel (or Hollandse Kust West 8), so net-op-zee infrastructure for TNW is not contracted, and (iii) the kavel is no longer self-evidently reserved for the offshore hydrogen Demo 2 demonstration after the cabinet decided to pause Demo 2 indefinitely in the Klimaat- en Energienota. The 2026 tender slate prioritises Nederwiek I-A (Oct 2025) plus two 1 GW kavels with subsidy (concept publication uiterlijk januari 2026, tender close September 2026); TNW I is explicitly not in that slate. A ministerial decision on the merger was projected for early 2026.