© TenneT This morning the topside for the offshore platform Borssele Beta finally left the HSM Offshore yard in Schiedam.…
The corona crisis affects our society as a whole; the sustainable energy sector is no exception. The Dutch Renewable Energy…
© Sif Dutch steel producer Sif announced it has produced its 2,000th monopile. The company started producing its first monopile…
DanTysk OWF © IX Wind Dutch consultancy IX Wind has been selected by an undisclosed developer for analysing and planning O&M…
© Rijkswaterstaat Eneco and Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch Department of Waterways and Public Works, signed an agreement on 25 March to…
This morning the topside for the offshore platform Borssele Beta finally left the HSM Offshore yard in Schiedam. It is now on its way to the Borssele III & IV and V wind farm site, some 22 km off the coast of Vlissingen. As reported…
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 delay in the granting of…
Dutch steel producer Sif announced it has produced its 2,000th monopile. The company started producing its first monopile in 2002, for the Danish offshore wind…
Dutch consultancy IX Wind has been selected by an undisclosed developer for analysing and planning O&M costs and strategies for an offshore wind project in Japan.…
Eneco and Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch Department of Waterways and Public Works, signed an agreement on 25 March to build and operate the Maasvlakte 2 Wind…
WindEurope, the European wind energy association, launched an online information hub today that informs on the impacts of COVID-19 on the wind industry. The wind…
Blades have been the so-called ‘underdog’ in wind energy for a long time. Its use was practical but not seen by definition as a vital element. Only later did the industry became aware of its importance in the energy production of a wind turbine. Dutch…
When the first offshore wind farm was built in Dutch waters, no one at that time would have been able to foresee how quickly the price per megawatt hour would drop. Neither did the Rabobank. A conversation with Marc Schmitz and Pieter Plantinga, managing director…
In 1995, Dutch entrepreneur Alfons Wispels founded Raedthuys to develop onshore wind energy. What started with a single turbine on a farmer’s grounds in Zeewolde, Flevoland, developed overtime into a mature company that currently owns and operates 70 wind turbines located all over the country,…
Boltlife’s blade to hub flange connection methodology Wind turbine generators get bigger and bigger each year. As a result, the dynamic forces on a rotor blade during its operation become immense. These tremendous forces are transferred through the blade-to-hub connection, which makes it imperative that…
