Eneco released the financial figures for 2020 this week. In addition to showing a solid financial year, the Dutch energy company also announced its ambition to almost double the solar and wind capacity in the next 5 years. Eneco booked a solid year, despite the decrease of electricity demand (especially in the business segment) due…
Several records were broken in the production of wind and solar energy in the Netherlands in March 2021. On 13 March, solar and wind even supplied almost 50 % of the Dutch electricity demand. This is evident from the monthly figures of Energieopwek.nl. The top ten of renewable energy production days now includes six days…
On 1 April, 2021, the Dutch ‘Subsidie Coöperatieve Energie’ (SCE) scheme started. Through this scheme, Dutch energy cooperatives and owners associations (VvEs) can apply for a subsidy for their local sustainable energy projects. The opening round for SCE 2021 started on April 1 and will run until December 1. A budget of 92 million euros…
Marlies Sikken has been appointed as new director of the 102 MW onshore wind farm Krammer. From 1 April, Sikken will succeed Tijmen Keesmaat who was involved as director in the development and construction of the project from 2013. Marlies Sikken (1976) has been active in the energy sector at Nuon, later Vattenfall, since 2008.…
Greenchoice, Vattenfall and PortLiner have signed a letter of intent to jointly develop a floating charging station with a flow battery in the port area of Rotterdam to stimulate “green sailing” for both inland and seagoing vessels. The parties aim to realize the project in the period 2021/2022. The 3 parties are exploring the possibility…
On 9 March, the last of 10 old wind turbines that had been part of the Hiddum-Houw Wind Farm since 1995 was removed. The turbines make way for the new Nij Hiddum-Houw wind farm. The repowering project, with an installed capacity of almost 42 MW, is scheduled to be commissioned in the third quarter of…
The last of 12 wind turbines from the old Piet de Wit Wind Farm has been removed.The turbines will make way for 7 new, more powerful models. The renewed 33.6 MW wind farm is expected to go into production in the fourth quarter of 2021. The onshore wind farm Piet de Wit, located in Ooltgensplaat,…
Eneco will start this month with the removal of the 10 oldest wind turbines from Landtong Rozenburg Wind Farm as part of a repowering project. The old turbines are reused locally as much as possible. For the first time, the rotor blades of the turbines are also partly recycled. The current Landtong Rozenburg wind farm…
German turbine supplier Nordex has selected Global Wind Service (GWS) to install 4 of their Nordex Delta 4000 N149 wind turbines at the Ospeldijk wind farm in the municipality of Nederweert, province of Limburg. The wind farm is expected to be fully operational in the summer 2021. Ospeldijk Wind Farm is an initiative of the energy…
French renewable energy company Kallista Energy takes a 40% stake in the 102 MW Krammer Wind Farm. The company acquires the shares from previous owner Enercon. Krammer Wind Farm was built along the ‘Philipsdam’ dikes bordering lake Krammer, in the province of Zeeland. The wind farm features 34 Enercon E-115 wind turbines with 3 MW…
