The first of four wind turbines of Westpoortweg Wind Farm, located on the Amsterdam-West sewage treatment plant in the Westpoort port area in the Netherlands, was built up this week.
The wind farm is an initiative of Water Authority Amstel, Gooi and Vecht and sustainable energy and waste company HVC. The wind farm comprises four wind turbines from Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas, type V100. The wind turbines are expected to produce approximately 21,000 MWh per year, equivalent to the electricity consumption of about 8,400 Dutch households.
The supply of turbine components has started mid October. The first wind turbine was erected this week, reported Lighthouse Projects BV, who together with Lighthouse Energy Support B.V. is performing construction management on behalf of the clients. H4A and Joulz/Alfen are responsible for the civil and electrical engineering work.
All other turbine components have now been delivered and are in temporary storage on site. Construction is scheduled to be completed by mid-December. A few more weeks are then needed to clean up the site and make it fully accessible.
Energy-neutral in 2025
The water authority has the ambition to operate completely energy neutral and preferably energy positive. With the installation of the 4 wind turbines, the water authority will be energy neutral by the beginning of 2025. The water authority already supplies about 70% of its own renewable energy. They installed 24,000 solar panels on several sewage treatment plants and built one of the largest green gas plants in the Netherlands. This produces 13 million cubic meters of green gas per year from sewage sludge. Source + image: Lighthouse Projects
