© MHI Vestas Source: Twitter MHI Vestas announced this week that around 75% of all wind turbines are in place…
Photo: Vattenfall/Jorrit Lousberg Vattenfall reported that during the summer months the civil and electrical works have started on the Jaap…
© Windplatform Groningen After an initial exploration, three in-depth studies will soon be conducted into the feasibility of wind energy…
© Windplan Groen On Wednesday, 16 September, 2020, the Dutch Council of State announced that Windplan Groen, which provides for…
At the end of last week, Windplanblauw announced the starting date for the issue of up to EUR 10 million…
MHI Vestas announced this week that around 75% of all wind turbines are in place at the 731.5 MW Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm which is rising some 55 km off the coast of the province of Zeeland. MHI Vestas is supplying 77…
Vattenfall reported that during the summer months the civil and electrical works have started on the Jaap Rodenburg II Wind Farm in Almere-Pampus in the province of Flevoland. The energy company is developing the wind farm in close cooperation with local energy cooperative Almeerse Wind.…
After an initial exploration, three in-depth studies will soon be conducted into the feasibility of wind energy at Westpoort along the A7 motorway and the…
On Wednesday, 16 September, 2020, the Dutch Council of State announced that Windplan Groen, which provides for the installation of 90 wind turbines in Eastern…
At the end of last week, Windplanblauw announced the starting date for the issue of up to EUR 10 million in bonds for the construction…
The Netherlands Commission for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) issued its assessment advice on the content of the environmental impact report for 3 wind farms in the…
Blades have been the so-called ‘underdog’ in wind energy for a long time. Its use was practical but not seen by definition as a vital element. Only later did the industry became aware of its importance in the energy production of a wind turbine. Dutch…
When the first offshore wind farm was built in Dutch waters, no one at that time would have been able to foresee how quickly the price per megawatt hour would drop. Neither did the Rabobank. A conversation with Marc Schmitz and Pieter Plantinga, managing director…
In 1995, Dutch entrepreneur Alfons Wispels founded Raedthuys to develop onshore wind energy. What started with a single turbine on a farmer’s grounds in Zeewolde, Flevoland, developed overtime into a mature company that currently owns and operates 70 wind turbines located all over the country,…
Boltlife’s blade to hub flange connection methodology Wind turbine generators get bigger and bigger each year. As a result, the dynamic forces on a rotor blade during its operation become immense. These tremendous forces are transferred through the blade-to-hub connection, which makes it imperative that…
