Financing for two wind turbines in the outskirts of Nieuwleusen in the province of Overijssel is completed. Initiator of the project, named ‘Veur de wind’ is the local cooperative Coöperatie Nieuwleusen Synergie. The project is financed by ASN Bank and water authority Waterschap Drents Overijsselse Delta (WDODelta). The 2 wind turbines will each have a maximum tip…
On Wednesday 18 december, the Council of State judged positively on the environmental permit and zoning plan amendments for Greenport Venlo Wind Farm. The initiators can now continue with the development of the wind farm which will rise at Greenport Venlo, along the railway line between Eindhoven and Venlo. Six parties appealed against the realisation of the wind…
The municipality of Rotterdam has pledged to use electricity from the renewable energy sources wind and solar only as of January 2020. For this purpose it has signed a 10-year contract with energy companies Greenchoice and Eneco. It concerns the use of electricity for which the municipality is paying, such as buildings,public lighting and sewer…
De Veenwieken Wind Farm reached a milestones when two wind turbines were connected to the grid this week. These turbines will undergo final testing before being handed over to the wind farm owner. It concerns turbines number 1 and 9. With number 4 and 10 almost ready the construction is almost half way. The wind…
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…
Today, June 6, energy provider Greenchoice officially put a 10 MW / 10 MWh energy storage system into use at its 24 MW onshore wind farm Hartelkanaal, near the Port of Rotterdam. The battery is the largest largest wind-coupled storage system in the Netherlands to date. Greenchoice already announced that it would install the battery…
The piling activities for the foundations at De Veenwieken Wind Farm have been completed. Throughout the summer, contractor Meyer Sonderbau will build the concrete foundations. The wind turbine components are expected to start arriving at the end of June with first installation activities following in July. The wind farm is located between Dedemsvaart, Ommen and…
On april 1, a groundbreaking ceremony took place to mark the start of the construction of the onshore wind farm De Veenwieken. Eelco Bots, director of Windunie Development, together with the councillor of Hardenberg (Jan ten Cate), the councillor of Ommen (Bart Jaspers Faijer) and Arthur Vermeulen of Raedthuys, symbolically hit the first pile into…
All 7 wind turbines at Windpark Samen Voor de Wind are now dismantled. The old turbines will be replaced by modern, larger turbines. The onshore wind farm comprised of 7 Enercon, type E66, turbines which have been operating since 2002 alongside the Overijsselse tocht, nearby Swifterbant in the municipality of Dronten. Windpark Samen Voor de…
Green energy company Greenchoice will install a 10 MW energy storage system at the onshore wind farm Hartelkanaal. Wind farm Hartelkanaal is located in the harbour of Rotterdam, between the Hartelkanaal canal and the N15 motorway, and consists of 8 wind turbines that produce an average 68 GWh per year together. This is enough to…
