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…
Dutch energy company Eneco and local energy cooperative Lek en IJssel Stroom are joining forces in making the Lopikerwaard region in the province of Utrecht more sustainable. As a first step, the partners are exploring the possibilities of replacing the existing Lopik wind farm with a new and more efficient wind farm. Eneco announced today,…
The Province of Zeeland has designated the Oosterscheldekering as a concentration location for wind energy. Developer E-Connection has taken the initiative to further optimize this location by adding 8 wind turbines and replacing 5 existing turbines. The company contracted Business in Wind to find a new destination abroad for the 5 old turbines. The first…
The Dutch Ministry of Defense has issued a VVGB (statement of no objections) for Windplan Groen. Research was still needed to determine whether the new wind turbines would not disturb the Defense Radar in Nieuw-Milligen too much. With the permission granted, all preparations for the construction of the wind farm can now be completed. Windplan…
The Kapelle municipal council adopted the zoning plans for the Willem Annapolder and Landmanslust Wind Farms on 27 October 2020 with the municipal executive issuing the necessary permits, Dutch consultancy Pondera reported this week. The Willem-Annapolder and Landmanslust wind farms are initiatives of Cooperative Zeeuwind and Windforce 11 respectively. In October last year, the two…
Windplanblauw announced yesterday, Thursday 8 October 2020, that the target amount of the bond loan campaign for financing the construction of 37 wind turbines at Swifterbant had been reached. Windplanblauw is an initiative of SwifterwinT and Vattenfall and concerns a repowering project in the northwest corner of the province of Flevoland in which the current…
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…
