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 farm Merkur Offshore.
The wind farm is located some 30 km South-West of Rotterdam. The initiators are a group of local farmers and Dutch wind developer Renewable Factory. The development is being performed by French renewable energy producer Kallista.
Frederic Roche, President of Kallista Energy said: “The Netherlands has ambitious targets for wind energy and the Oostflakkee project was the perfect opportunity for us to expand our activities outside France with the first step of our future Dutch operations in a renewable energy friendly environment. We are delighted that this project was initiated by locals as it highlights the growing implication of citizens in the energy transition. The strong presence of ENERCON into the project was also key to its success.”
The project consists of 8 Enercon E-126 EP3 wind turbines of 4 MW each and a 50 KV substation. The production is expected to be around 100 GWh per year and the commissioning is planned for Q1 2021. The investment fits into ABP’s ambition to increase the investment in renewable energy in the Netherlands up to €5 miljard in 2020. Image: Renewable Factory
