© E-Connection After 10 years of preparation, developer E-Connection can finally start today with the first phase of a wind…
© Windparkkoningspleij.nl This week the Council of State ruled positively on the zoning plan, the environmental permit and water permit…
© MOOI The opening rounds for the MOOI (Mission-driven Research, Development and Innovation) subsidy scheme have been extended with four…
© Nordex SE German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has installed the first of two N149/4.0-4.5 turbines in the Dutch onshore…
© RVO The tender for the 700 MW Hollandse Kust (noord) Wind Farm Site V opened today. The ternder will…
After 10 years of preparation, developer E-Connection can finally start today with the first phase of a wind farm optimisation project along the Oosterschelde barrier (Oosterscheldekering) in the province of Zeeland. The optimisation will take place in three phases up to 2027. By the end…
This week the Council of State ruled positively on the zoning plan, the environmental permit and water permit for the Koningspleij Wind Farm. The initiators can now proceed with the construction of 4 wind turbines near Arnhem. The Council previously ruled against the realisation of…
The opening rounds for the MOOI (Mission-driven Research, Development and Innovation) subsidy scheme have been extended with four weeks. This was announced by the RVO.…
German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has installed the first of two N149/4.0-4.5 turbines in the Dutch onshore wind farm Heibloem. The turbine has the largest…
The tender for the 700 MW Hollandse Kust (noord) Wind Farm Site V opened today. The ternder will run till Thursday 30 april 2020, 5…
Huisman has signed a contract with PaxOcean Engineering for the delivery of a 1,600 mt Leg Encircling Crane which will be installed on Japanese Penta-Ocean…
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…
