Vestas has been awarded a turbine supply & service contract from from Vattenfall Wind Development Netherlands B.V. for the Jaap Rodenburg II wind farm in Almere Pampus in the province of Flevoland. Jaap Rodenburg II is a repowering project whereby ten V66 Vestas turbines from 2000 will be replaced by 10 more powerful turbines. Vestas…
Today, Windpark Zeewolde B.V. announced it has reached financial close for the 322 MW Zeewolde Wind Farm in the province of Flevoland. The developer also announced it signed a contract with Vestas for the supply of wind turbines. Windpark Zeewolde B.V., a collaboration of more than 200 local farmers, residents and Dutch entrepreneurs of the Netherlands,…
Visser & Smit Hanab has signed an agreement with Windmolens Groetpolder II B.V. for the engineering, construction and delivery of 2 substations and a 10.5 km cable connection. The scope of works is part of a restructuring project of the Groetpolder wind farm which has been operating since 1999. Visser & Smit Hanab announced the…
Dutch developer E-connection confirmed the order with Vestas for 11 wind turbines with a total power of 46 MW to be used in the first phase of the onshore Oosterscheldekering Wind Optimization project in the province of Zeeland. Vestas expects to deliver the turbines in Q3 2021. The Oosterscheldekering Wind Optimization project is located directly on…
After 10 years of preparation, developer E-Connection can finally start today with the first phase of a wind farm optimisation project along the Oosterschelde barrier (Oosterscheldekering) in the province of Zeeland. The optimisation will take place in three phases up to 2027. By the end of 2027 there will be 32 wind turbines operational. The…
On Wednesday, February 5, the Council of State ruled the appeal against the authorised environmental permit for the Piet de Wit wind farm unfounded. The initiators can now start with the repowering activities. The wind farm is located near Ooltgensplaat in the municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee and has been operating since 2003. The 12 old Vestas V66…
Vattenfall has awarded local company Reimert Bouw en Infrastructuur (Reimert) the contract for construction activities in Jaap Rodenburg Wind Farm II, located in Almere Pampus. Jaap Rodenburg Wind Farm II is a repowering project. The original wind farm dates from 2000 and comprises 10 wind turbines with a combined rated power of 1.6 MW. The…
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…
Energy cooperative Zeeuwind, E-Connection and Windforce-11 jointly want to develop 3 wind farms in the municipality of Kapelle in the province of Zeeland. The parties will inform the local citizens on their plans during an information meeting on Monday, 21 October. The 3 wind farms concerned are the Willem-Annapolder, Kapelle-Schore and Landmanslust wind farms. The…
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…
