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Evwind, Wind Energy

Fugro awarded contract to investigate wind farm sites

Fugro and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency, part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, have signed two contracts to investigate the Borssele wind area, off the Zeeland coast. The workscope includes measuring meteorological and oceanographic conditions and performing geophysical investigations of the seabed. Fugro will measure wind speeds at the future wind farm locations using its … Continue reading Fugro awarded contract to investigate wind farm sites →

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Van Oord: New Dutch wind farm generates first wind energy

Today, at 15.00 hours the 240-hour test phase of the first of 43 wind turbines at offshore wind farm Eneco Luchterduinen was successfully completed. This means that the wind park is now generating green energy for the Dutch grid. The installation of the wind turbines is progressing well. At present, Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel … Continue reading Van Oord: New Dutch wind farm generates first wind energy →

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Heart of new Dutch wind farm installed offshore

The OHVS (Offshore High Voltage Station) was installed offshore for the new Dutch offshore wind farm, Eneco Luchterduinen (129 MW). A crane vessel was deployed for this spectacular operation. With its 80-metre-high booms, the floating crane picked up the station in IJmuiden. The OHVS (appr. 900 tonnes) is four storeys high, 24 metres long, 23 … Continue reading Heart of new Dutch wind farm installed offshore →

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Evwind, Grids, Wind Energy

Green Light for First Dutch Offshore Wind Power Grid Connection

Pondera Consult with Arcadis been commissioned by TenneT for the guidance of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedure for the first offshore grid connection in the Netherlands. TenneT TSO is responsible in the Netherlands for the connection of offshore wind farms in the North Sea. Wind Borssele area is the first area that is being … Continue reading Green Light for First Dutch Offshore Wind Power Grid Connection →

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Wind Energy To Power New Google Datacenter

Google has announced its new Eemshaven datacenter will be 100% powered by renewable energy from its first day of operation. Google says it has struck an agreement to buy all the output of a new Eneco wind farm currently under construction at Delfzijl, near Eemshaven in the Netherlands for the next decade. “By entering into … Continue reading Wind Energy To Power New Google Datacenter →

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Dutch test SolaRoad solar photovoltaic panels on bike path

A project dubbed “SolaRoad” gets underway in the Netherlands this week, testing roadways as a potential canvas to collect solar energy. Fittingly for the cycle-crazy Dutch, the first SolaRoad is a bike path not far from Amsterdam. The path is built of massive, Lego-like modules of solar panels embedded in concrete, each with heavy-duty glass … Continue reading Dutch test SolaRoad solar photovoltaic panels on bike path →

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Siemens awarded turnkey wind energy order for the Netherlands’ largest near shore wind farm

Siemens Energy has received an order for the Netherlands’ largest near shore wind farm. Designed to generate 144 megawatts (MW) of wind power, the Westermeerwind project with 48 direct drive wind turbines is also the first wind power plant Siemens Wind Power’s Offshore unit will erect for handover to the customer on a turnkey basis. … Continue reading Siemens awarded turnkey wind energy order for the Netherlands’ largest near shore wind farm →

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Senvion (Suzlon) already has more than 150 MW in installed wind energy capacity in the Netherlands

Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, the world’s fifth-largest manufacturer of wind turbines, has announced the official registration of the Dutch subsidiary, Senvion Netherlands B.V., at an official inauguration ceremony for the wind turbine manufacturer’s service base in Nijkerk in the Netherlands. Senvion already has over 150 megawatts (MW) installed capacity … Continue reading Senvion (Suzlon) already has more than 150 MW in installed wind energy capacity in the Netherlands →

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Enercon to supply wind turbines to 90 MW Dutch wind farm

The wind power project will be made up of 12 Enercon E126 7.5MW wind turbines, which will be installed along the dyke across the Ijsselmeer lake, near Amsterdam. RWE broke ground on the project last week at an official ceremony and said that it intends to commission the project in 2017. Due to its location … Continue reading Enercon to supply wind turbines to 90 MW Dutch wind farm →

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Nordex to install 62.7 MW wind farm in the Netherlands

Nordex secures order for Generation Delta in the Netherlands: The company will be installing the Delfzijl-Noord wind farm for its customer Eneco Wind BV from autumn 2014. A total of 19 strong-wind N100/3300 turbines are to be connected to the grid latest in March 2015, supplying 55,000 households with green electricity. The order, which was … Continue reading Nordex to install 62.7 MW wind farm in the Netherlands →

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nkt cables’ order for the Gemini wind power power

As announced previously, nkt cables is involved in the offshore wind farm project “Gemini” developed by Typhoon Offshore B.V. and owned by a consortium of investors. The consortium has now confirmed that the project has reached financial close. With this, nkt cables has now received a binding order worth approximately 165 mEUR for the delivery … Continue reading nkt cables’ order for the Gemini wind power power →

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Van Oord to build largest Dutch offshore wind farm

The Gemini offshore wind energy project shareholders, headed by Canada’s Northland Power Inc., announced today that they have reached agreement with the banks on the project’s financing. The financial close will contribute EUR 2.3 billion to the overall construction costs of EUR 2.8 billion. Van Oord has a 10% equity stake in this project. The other … Continue reading Van Oord to build largest Dutch offshore wind farm →

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Alstom will supply wind turbines to Hartelkanaal wind farm in the Netherlands

Alstom has signed two contracts totalling around €30 million with Investment Engineering, a renewable energy developer in the Netherlands, for the delivery, installation and commissioning of ECO 110 wind turbines at the Hartelkanaal wind farm – located in the Port of Rotterdam. Alstom will also provide 15 years Operation and Maintenance service. This wind farm … Continue reading Alstom will supply wind turbines to Hartelkanaal wind farm in the Netherlands →

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DONG Energy acquires full ownership of three offshore wind farm projects in the Netherlands

DONG Energy has acquired the remaining 50% interest in three Dutch offshore wind development projects from its joint venture partner SSE. The projects, Den Helder 1, Breeveertien II and West-Rijn, have a total consented capacity of up to 1,050 megawatt and are located in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands. The purchase … Continue reading DONG Energy acquires full ownership of three offshore wind farm projects in the Netherlands →

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