In the next decade, many more wind turbines will be installed onshore. An attention card has been created to provide guidelines for emergency services on how to act safely and effectively in a wind turbine related incident. The attention card...
The corona crisis affects our society as a whole; the sustainable energy sector is no exception. The Dutch Renewable Energy Association has carried out an inventory among its members, which shows, among other things, that there are fears of a...
The Netherlands, albeit with a delay, is taking steps in the energy transition. Wind, both onshore and offshore, is a large driver in the transition and many gigawatts of it will be needed. Especially onshore, social acceptance is vital in ensuring that these...
The Dutch associations NVDE and Energie-Nederland have presented an action plan to further reduce the cost of electricity generated by wind and solar farms in the Netherlands. The associations worked together with companies from the wind sector, united in NWEA, the Dutch wind energy association, and the...
Amsterdam has presented its draft Regional Energy Strategy (RES). In this plan, the municipality aims for 127 MW of wind energy by 2030. The RES provides an inventory of where and how the city can implement the production of sustainable...
Vattenfall is currently building an energy parc in the Van Pallandtpolder in Haringvliet, near the town of Middelharnis in the municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee. In the first half of February the installation of the first of 6 turbines was completed. Energiepark...
With less than 4 GW of installed onshore wind capacity reached at the end of 2019, the Netherlands is still quite far removed from the 2020 target of 6 GW set by the Government in the Energy Agreement (Energieakkoord) in...
Rijkswaterstaat, part of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, has awarded Eneco the tender for the Maasvlakte 2 wind farm. With a capacity of around 100 MW, this future wind farm will be the energy company’s biggest onshore...
On 18 September, the Netherlands Wind Energy Association chairman (NWEA) Hans Timmers signed, on behalf of the Dutch wind energy sector, the Dutch Climate Agreement. In the Climate Agreement, agreements are formulated to achieve a 49% reduction in CO2 emission...
