{"organism":"Page","children":[{"organism":"Container.Raw","children":[{"organism":"Metadata","model":{"title":"FlexH2: hoe offshore wind in de toekomst slimmer naar de juiste plek wordt gestuurd","text":"\u003Cp\u003EDe perfecte integratie van offshore wind in het energiesysteem van een land is meer dan alleen het verbinden van vraag en aanbod. Zeker als je wilt kunnen kiezen of stroom rechtstreeks naar een duurzame waterstoffabriek of naar het algemene elektriciteitsnet gaat. 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Maar dit is een mogelijke toekomst voor het leveren van offshore windenergie. Het ontwerpen en bouwen van de testopstelling kostte vier jaar.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOffshore wind vandaag\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/h2\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca id=\"offshore\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003EEerst een uitleg van hoe offshore wind werkt zonder — en met — FlexH2\u003C/b\u003E. Net als thuis hebben offshore windparken ook een soort stekkerdoos waarop de afzonderlijke windturbines zijn aangesloten. Dit transformatorstation op zee — een fors platform op palen, uitgerust met installaties en elektronica — verzamelt de elektriciteit in wisselstroom (AC), zet deze om naar hoogspannings‑AC en stuurt die via een kabel naar een transformatorstation op land.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDat onshore transformatorstation voedt de elektriciteit het stroomnet in. \u003Cb\u003EElektronica zorgt ervoor dat de windturbines synchroon blijven lopen met het elektriciteitsnet aan land.\u003C/b\u003E Ofwel: dat de windturbines alleen leveren als er ruimte is op het stroomnet.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAls een windpark verder dan 80 kilometer uit de kust ligt, moet de elektriciteit onderweg bovendien worden omgezet van wisselstroom (AC) naar gelijkstroom (DC) en daarna weer terug naar wisselstroom (AC) voor het hoogspanningsnet op land. Deze omzettingen zijn nodig voor een stabiel stroomtransport, en daarvoor is een groter en duurder offshore transformatorstation verantwoordelijk.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n"}}],"id":"/content/shell/countries/netherland/nl_nl/about-us/news/shell-venster-2026/flexh2/jcr_content/root/main/section/simple","model":{}},{"organism":"Container","colspan":4,"children":[{"organism":"PromoSimple.Text","color":"brand1-subtle","id":"/content/shell/countries/netherland/nl_nl/about-us/news/shell-venster-2026/flexh2/jcr_content/root/main/section/simple_804788757/text","model":{"title":"FlexH2 in het kort en de partners","text":"\u003Cp\u003EHet doel van het Flex H2-concept is om een slim, toekomstig elektriciteitsnet voor wind van zee te demonstreren. Daarvoor werken de volgende industriële en onderzoekspartners samen: Shell, ABB, General Electric, DNV, TKF, TNO, TU Delft, TU Eindhoven, Van Oord, Vonk, Energy Innovation NL en het gezamenlijke offshore windonderzoeksprogramma GROW. FlexH2 ontving ook een financiële bijdrage van RVO MOOI (Missiegedreven Onderzoek Ontwikkeling en Innovation) onder toekenningsbesluit\u003Ci\u003E MOOI 52103.\u003C/i\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EMeer weten?\u003C/h4\u003E\r\n","links":[{"name":"Ga naar grow-flexh2.nl","value":"http://grow-flexh2.nl"}]}}],"id":"/content/shell/countries/netherland/nl_nl/about-us/news/shell-venster-2026/flexh2/jcr_content/root/main/section/simple_804788757","model":{}},{"organism":"StandaloneAsset","color":"inherited","id":"/content/shell/countries/netherland/nl_nl/about-us/news/shell-venster-2026/flexh2/jcr_content/root/main/section/standalone_asset","model":{"image":{"src":"https://www.shell.nl/about-us/news/shell-venster-2026/flexh2/_jcr_content/root/main/section/standalone_asset.shellimg.jpeg/1778659179268/netherlands-venster2604-flexh2-borssele-wind-farm-2022-stuartconway-169.jpeg","caption":"Onderhoud aan windpark Borssele III & IV voor de Zeeuwse kust, 2022. 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Het windpark wordt gerund door de joint venture Blauwwind, waar ook Shell deel van uitmaakt (Foto: Stuart Conway/Shell International)","width":3000,"height":1688}}},{"organism":"Container","colspan":8,"children":[{"organism":"PromoSimple.Text","color":"inherited","id":"/content/shell/countries/netherland/nl_nl/about-us/news/shell-venster-2026/flexh2/jcr_content/root/main/section/simple_349763571/text","model":{"text":"\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca id=\"windparken\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003ENederlandse windparken en waterstof\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/h2\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EIn Nederland liggen de tien bestaande offshore windparken relatief dichtbij de kust, tussen 18 en 60 kilometer van het strand.\u003C/b\u003E Daaronder bevinden zich \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca title=\"Shell.nl/wind\" aria-label=\"Shell.nl/wind\" href=\"https://www.shell.nl/over-ons/wat-wij-doen/wind.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003Evier windparken die zijn ontwikkeld door Shell en partners\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E: NoordzeeWind, Borssele III & IV (Blauwwind), Hollandse Kust Noord V (CrossWind) en – nog in aanbouw – Hollandse Kust West VI (Ecowende). Ze leveren allemaal elektriciteit aan het net, maar CrossWind zal een deel van de stroom leveren aan de eerste grootschalige duurzame waterstoffabriek van West‑Europa. Deze installatie, \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca title=\"Shell Holland Hydrogen 1\" aria-label=\"Shell Holland Hydrogen 1\" href=\"https://www.shell.nl/over-ons/wat-wij-doen/waterstof.html#hollandhydrogen1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003EShell Holland Hydrogen 1 (HH1)\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/b\u003E, wordt momenteel gebouwd bij Rotterdam en zal naar verwachting gefaseerd in gebruik worden genomen eind 2026 en in 2027.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHH1 heeft ook een klein transformatorstation dat de wisselstroom (AC) van het net omzet in gelijkstroom (DC) voor de twintig elektrolysers in de fabriek. Deze elektrolysers — installaties ter grootte van een kleine zeecontainer — gebruiken elektriciteit om het zuurstofatoom (O) in water (H\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C/sub\u003EO) te scheiden van de twee waterstofatomen (H\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C/sub\u003E). Simpel gezegd: water wordt omgezet in waterstof, met zuurstof als bijproduct. De duurzame waterstof die Holland Hydrogen 1 produceert, wordt vervolgens via een pijpleiding naar Shell Pernis vervoerd, waar deze als energiebron wordt gebruikt om de brandstofproductie in de raffinaderij verder te verduurzamen.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca id=\"flexh2\"\u003E\u003C/a\u003EHet FlexH2‑concept: slimmere turbines, slimmere afname\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/h2\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHet FlexH2‑concept is gericht op een intelligentere integratie van energiesystemen, als windparken, het stroomnet en de waterstoffabriek. \u003C/b\u003EMet FlexH2 zijn de windturbines ‘grid forming’: ze zijn uitgerust met speciale elektronica. Daardoor hoeven ze niet op het hoofd-AC-net te zijn aangesloten. Ze kunnen zelf hun wisselstroom maken, op zee of op afstand, en vervolgens worden gekoppeld aan een eenvoudiger (en daardoor kleiner en lichter) gelijkstroomtransformatorstation (DC).\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEn dat is goed nieuws voor de transformatorstations van windparken op zee, waar elke vierkante meter en elk kilogram telt. \u003Cb\u003EZodra de stroom opgewekt met het FlexH2‑concept aan land komt, berekent een intelligente ‘energierouter’ of de stroom direct naar een waterstoffabriek moet gaan, naar het elektriciteitsnet, of naar beide\u003C/b\u003E. Een slim algoritme neemt die beslissing op basis van elektriciteitsprijzen en/of beschikbare netcapaciteit. Kortom: als het stroomnet overbelast is, kan elektriciteit direct worden doorgestuurd naar een waterstoffabriek — of een andere grote afnemer.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n"}}],"id":"/content/shell/countries/netherland/nl_nl/about-us/news/shell-venster-2026/flexh2/jcr_content/root/main/section/simple_349763571","model":{}},{"organism":"Container","colspan":4,"children":[{"organism":"Quote","color":"inherited","id":"/content/shell/countries/netherland/nl_nl/about-us/news/shell-venster-2026/flexh2/jcr_content/root/main/section/simple_1165089570/quote","model":{"title":"Er is geen zwaar transformatorstation voor nodig","text":"\u003Cp\u003EFlexH2-windturbines kunnen zelf wisselstroom maken op zee\u003C/p\u003E\r\n"}}],"id":"/content/shell/countries/netherland/nl_nl/about-us/news/shell-venster-2026/flexh2/jcr_content/root/main/section/simple_1165089570","model":{}},{"organism":"StandaloneAsset","color":"inherited","id":"/content/shell/countries/netherland/nl_nl/about-us/news/shell-venster-2026/flexh2/jcr_content/root/main/section/standalone_asset_cop","model":{"image":{"src":"https://www.shell.nl/about-us/news/shell-venster-2026/flexh2/_jcr_content/root/main/section/standalone_asset_cop.shellimg.jpeg/1778679941429/netherlands-venster2604-flexh2-yin-sun-109-joep-van-drunen-photography-169.jpeg","caption":"In de FlexH2-testopstelling bij Differ op het terrein van de TU Eindhoven. 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Wettelijk is TenneT namens de Nederlandse staat verantwoordelijk voor het net. Daardoor wordt de elektriciteit van het windpark Hollandse Kust Noord (CrossWind) eerst gevoed aan het openbare elektriciteitsnet voordat die Shell Holland Hydrogen 1 bereikt. 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Yin Sun, ingenieur bij Shell, was nauw betrokken bij het project.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E“We zijn in 2019 begonnen met een idee binnen Shell New Energy Research and Technology, toen nog bekend als NERT. 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Sun noemt dit het ‘kip‑en‑ei‑probleem’. Zo moest het gedrag van windturbines onder verschillende omstandigheden parallel worden ontworpen en ontwikkeld met het uitdenken van de andere delen van het systeem. Kortom: \u003Cb\u003Eer moest worden gewerkt zonder bestaande specificaties. Normaal gesproken werken fabrikanten met wat een energieontwikkelaar hen aan eisen geeft.\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E“Het resultaat is een robuust proefsysteem”\u003C/b\u003E, zegt Sun. Die opstelling is dus nu in bedrijf bij \u003Ca title=\"Differ.nl\" aria-label=\"Differ.nl\" href=\"https://www.differ.nl/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EDiffer\u003C/a\u003E/Technische Universiteit Eindhoven en is vanwege veiligheidsvoorschriften voor middenspanning uitsluitend bedoeld voor onderzoekers. 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