On 26 April, Rijkswaterstaat Noordzee announced that the permit application, including the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment ) submitted by Evelop International and Ballast Nedam Concessies (Concessions) for the offshore wind farm Scheveningen Buiten has been approved.

No further applications for this location will be considered. This gives the partnership Evelop and Ballast Nedam Concessies the exclusive right to develop Scheveningen Buiten. The wind farm, which will be built outside the 12-mile zone off Scheveningen (approximately 30 km from the coast), is expected to be finished by 2011. It will generate over 300MW.