This week, the installation of the last wind turbine of the Delfzijl Zuid expansion project (Delfzijl Zuid Uitbreiding), south of the existing Delfzijl Zuid onshore wind farm in the Dutch province of Groningen, was completed. The expansion to the existing...
Dutch contractor VolkerWind has been nominated with its Man Down-system for the Dutch Best Practise Public Award 2022, organised by the Bewuste Bouwers foundation. Since 2020, the public has been able to vote for the most inspiring Best Practice. Last...
Last weekend, the Noord-Beveland wind farm in the Jacoba-Rippolder, on the Zeeland island of Noord-Beveland, was officially opened. In this repowering project five old wind turbines were replaced by four new turbines with a higher capacity. The old wind turbines...
VolkerWind has been commissioned by Royal Dutch Shell to design and realise the Balance of Plant for the wind farm which is part of Energiepark Pottendijk. Shell is constructing this energy park near Emmen to generate electricity from wind and...
The first wind turbine parts have arrived at the construction site of the onshore wind farm Den Tol. Now a start can be made with the construction of the first of nine wind turbines. Windpark Den Tol is being built...
Last week the first pile was driven for Wind Farm Strekdammen, located at the breakwaters in Eemshaven, Groningen. The work is being carried out by foundation specialist Gebr. Van ‘t Hek. The Strekdammen wind farm will feature two 5.5 MW...
The construction of the onshore wind farm De Rietvelden on and near De Rietvelden Industrial estate in ‘s Hertogenbosch has been completed. Together, the four wind turbines are expected to generate around 38.6 million kilowatt hours per year. A large...
This week a start was made with the installation of the first of four wind turbines in the Noord-Beveland wind farm in the Jacoba-Rippolder on Noord-Beveland. The four turbines replace the five turbines in the old Jacoba Rippolder wind farm....
Vattenfall, NS and ProRail have jointly opened the Nieuwe Hemweg wind farm in the Amsterdam harbour, on NS land near Amsterdam Sloterdijk station. It concerns a repowering project whereby six new wind turbines have replaced 12 older ones. Together, the...
Vattenfall has used the environmental cost indicator (MKI) method for the first time during the construction of its Nieuwe Hemweg wind farm in the Amsterdam port area. As a result, the construction of the wind farm has had far less...
