Last week, financial close was reached for the 21 MW Egchelse Heide Wind Farm. The five wind turbines in the municipality of Peel en Maas are planned to become operational in the second quarter of 2021. Approximately 27 million euros has been raised for the project. Egchelse Heide wind farm is an initiative of the…
Commissioning of three wind turbines on the Tata terrain in IJmuiden has started yesterday. The wind turbines that form the Ferrum Wind Farm are expected to annually produce around 25 million kWh once fully commercially operational. The three turbines are from German wind turbine manufacturer Enercon, type E92. Each turbine has a hub height of 85…
ABP made another wind farm investment announcement at the end of last week. This time the pension fund is investing in a 32 MW onshore wind farm in Goeree-Overflakkee, in the province of Zuid-Holland. The news follows after ABP announced earlier that week that it is taking a 64% share in the German offshore wind…
The construction of the last of in total 10 wind turbines at De Veenwieken Wind Farm has been completed. Six of the ten Enercon, type E-103, 2.3 MW, wind turbines are already connected to the grid. The coming period will be spent on connecting the remaining 4 wind turbines. The first construction activities started in April…
In the eastern part of the Netherlands, between Ommen, Hardenberg en Dedemsvaart, where till recently green pastures dominated the view, ten Enercon wind turbines are slowly rising on the horizon. All in close cooperation with the local citizens. On 7 September, this onshore wind farm De Veenwieken, opened the construction site to the public. De…
On Thursday 14 November, Enercon completed the installation of the last of seven wind turbines at Samen voor de Wind, an onshore wind farm located alongside the Overijsselse tocht, nearby Swifterbant in the municipality of Dronten. The German wind turbine manufacturer started the installation activities last week. Samen Voor de Wind is an initiative of 6…
On 17 October of this year, construction of Zeewolde Wind Farm will start. It will be the largest wind farm built on land in the Netherlands when completed. Mr Fackeldey, Deputy Energy Transition of the province of Flevoland and Alderman for sustainability of the municipality of Zeewolde, mr Suithoff, will perform the symbolic ground breaking…
On 7 september, initiators De Wieken (Windunie, Greenchoice and ABN AMRO Energy Transition Fund) and Pure Energie organised an Open Day at De Veenwieken Wind Farm which is currently under construction. More than 150 persons, in 7 groups, were given the opportunity to visit two locations at the construction site to learn more about the…
Local citizens in the communities surounding Zeewolde Wind Farm will soon be able to invest in the wind farm. Developer Windpark Zeewolde B.V. will issue bond loans at the end of the construction phase, planned for the end of 2021. A total of 12 million euros will be made available. It concerns a long-term loan with…
Japanese energy company Eurus Energy Group (“Eurus”) announced today the start of commercial operation of the 21 MW Spui Wind Farm, located in the municipality of Hoeksche Waard in the province of Zuid-Holland. Spui Wind Farm consists of five Enercon E-126 EP4 wind turbines, each with a hub height of 135 meters, a rotor diameter…
