Eneco opened a public loan on 1 February 2021 for its 30 MW Hogezandse Polder wind farm. The energy company is offering the public loan, with a maximum value of 1.5 million euros, through the participation concept ‘Eneco WindOpbrengst’. The campaign will run from February 1, 2021 to April 30, 2021. Residents in the proximity…
The 900 MW BorWin3 DC offshore grid connection in the German North Sea, off the coast of Borkum, has been handed over to TenneT following a succesfull trial operation period of six weeks. A consortium of Siemens and Petrofac were awarded the project contract in 2014, which included the engineering, procurement, construction, transport and installation of…
Tennet will build two 2 GW offshore grid connections in the IJmuiden Ver wind energy area, something it has never used before. To ensure this innovative requirement can be achieved, TenneT has entered into a so-called ‘innovation partnership’ with HVDC suppliers. The innovation partnership is a tendering procedure in which TenneT, as contracting authority, can start…
Earlier this week, on Monday November 4, COBRAcable, the 700 MW interconnector between the Netherlands and Denmark, was inaugurated. The event took place in two locations at the same time, in Eemshaven and the Danish city Endrup. TenneT CEO Manon van Beek and Thomas Egebo, CEO of Danish grid operator Energinet, officially launched the interconnector…
Japanese renewable energy company Eurus Energy Group (Eurus) and YARD ENERGY Group (YARD), a Dutch-based developer of wind energy projects have reached financial close for the construction of Windpark Mauve, Windpark Mondriaan and Windpark Vermeer. Eurus acquired the projects from YARD prior to financial close. YARD will remain as a minority shareholder in the projects. The…
As of delivery day 7 September, the 700 MW COBRA interconnector cable between the Netherlands and Denmark will be available for the electricity market. The subsea high-voltage direct current cable of approximately 325 kilometres is an initiative of the Dutch high-voltage grid operator TenneT and the Danish electricity and gas grid operator Energinet. The cable makes Dutch capacity…
With the official signing of the wind turbine order with Siemens Gamesa the developer and operator Ørsted has now kicked off the largest offshore wind project to date. The new SG 8.0-167 DD is equipped with a rotor 167 metres in diameter. The blades, 81.5 meters long, deliver an 18% wider swept area and 20%…
Het University Institute of Ceramic Technology Agustín Escardino van de Spaanse Universidad Jaume gaat samen met Siemens Gamesa de bladen van grote windturbines verbeteren, zodat ze beter tegen de weersomstandigheden bestand zijn. Windturbinebladen vormen een kwetsbaar onderdeel van de constructie. Niet alleen vanwege de hoge dynamische belasting door de wind, maar ook omdat de wieken…
Siemens heeft bekendgemaakt in Marokko een fabriek te willen bouwen voor de productie van windturbinerotorbladen. Het bedrijf investeert ruim honderd miljoen. De fabriek komt op korte afstand van de haven van Tanger te liggen, van waaruit Siemens zijn rotorbladen naar Europa, Afrika en het Midden-Oosten kan transporteren. De fabriek wordt vijf voetbalvelden groot (37.500 vierkante…
Hoofdaannemer Siemens heeft de 48e en laatste windturbine van windpark Westermeerwind geïnstalleerd. Voordat het windpark volledig in bedrijf wordt genomen, vinden er nog testen plaats. Met de installatie van de 48e windturbine eindigt een periode van bouwwerkzaamheden die in totaal een jaar in beslag hebben genomen. De bouw verliep volgens planning, zo verklaart Willie Wienholts,…
