The Dutch Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth is inviting wind farm developers to share their views on the preference of tender procedure as well as the business case and market challenges for the tenders for the Nederwiek Wind...
Windplan Groen, a large-scale onshore wind project in the Dutch province of Flevoland, is now turning off red aviation lighting after a successful test period with a newly installed detection technology. The lights will now only be switched on with...
Based on international safety regulations, wind turbines of 150 metres and higher must be fitted with obstacle lighting. This is necessary to make them adequately visible to aviation. The lighting sometimes also causes nuisance for the surroundings. This month, the...
The province of Groningen is opening a Transponder and radar technology wind farm subsidy scheme to wind farm operators in the province. With this the province wants to encourage the operators of the wind farms N33, Geefsweer, Oosterhorn, Oostpolder and...
Dutch Minister for Climate and Energy Policy Rob Jetten informed in a parliamentary letter to the House of Representatives on the progress of the Regional Energy Strategies (RESs) that he will remove the 35 TWh ceiling for renewable electricity in...
A preliminary result shows that €12 billion worth of subsidy has been applied for in the 2021 opening round of the Stimulation of Sustainable Energy Production and Climate Transition (SDE++) subsidy scheme. The available budget is €5 billion. This means...
PosHYdon, the world’s first offshore green hydrogen pilot on a working platform, has been awarded a €3.6 million Demonstration Energy and Climate Innovation (DEI+) grant from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). With this subsidy the consortium can start up all...
Offshore Wind Innovation Centre (OWIC) in Eemshaven has received a € 1.3 million subsidy from the Northern Netherlands Alliance and the province of Groningen. The largest part of the amount comes from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and is...
In August, Topsector Energy announced that an extra budget of 100,000 euros was being made available for hiring an innovation broker. The application round started on 15 September. The budget was already exhausted within 1 day. 12 companies are now...
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...
