News from Netherlands
AEG Power Solutions Secures Power Supply for Dogger Bank Transformer Platform
08 Dec 2020 12:23 | Zwanenburg, The Netherlands - In the British North Sea, the currently world's largest offshore wind farm Dogger Bank is being built. The Norwegian EPC Aibel, specialized in off-shore industries, will supply two HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) substation platforms (which converts the wind turbines' AC voltage into DC voltage for more efficient transport to the mainland) for the Dogger Bank A and Dogger Bank B projects. read more...
Repowering - Largest Wind Farm to be built in the Netherlands
30 Jun 2020 10:38 | Zeewolde, Netherlands - Windpark Zeewolde B.V., Vestas and Rabobank have closed contracts for wind turbines and financing for the Windpark Zeewolde project in the Netherlands. read more...
Contract signed: Vattenfall and Subsea 7 cooperate on offshore wind farms in the Netherlands
29 Apr 2020 10:07 | Stockholm, Sweden / London, UK - Energy group Vattenfall and maritime engineering specialist Subsea 7 have signed a contract for the Dutch offshore wind farm projects Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) 1-4. The wind farms are located 18 - 36 km off the Dutch coast in the North Sea. read more...
Nordex Installs Onshore Turbine with Largest Rotor Diameter in the Netherlands
20 Apr 2020 09:15 | Hamburg, Germany – The wind turbine manufacturer Nordex installed the first of two N149/4.0-4.5 turbines in the Netherlands at the end of March. As part of the Heibloem wind farm this turbine until now is the largest onshore rotor diameter in the country. read more...
Condition Monitoring: Bachmann Develops Low-Emissions CMS for Nordex
09 Mar 2020 12:15 | Rudolstadt, Germany - German based Bachmann Monitoring GmbH from Rudolstadt has developed a Condition Monitoring System (CMS) with extremely low electromagnetic emissions for the Dutch wind farm "De Drentse Monden en Oostermoer" (DMO). read more...
Tender: Eneco Wins Contract for Wind Farm in Port of Rotterdam
11 Feb 2020 09:01 | Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Dutch utility Eneco has won the tender for the onshore wind farm Maasvlakte 2 in the Netherlands. Maasvlakte 2 is located on the sea wall of the Maasvlakte 2 industrial and port area, a new landfill extension of the port of Rotterdam, which was commissioned in May 2013. read more...
Vattenfall’s Last Coal Power Plant in the Netherlands is Closing
23 Dec 2019 10:29 | Stockholm - Vattenfall's last coal-fired power plant in the Netherlands, Hemweg 8 outside Amsterdam, will be closed before the turn of the year. read more...
Van Oord Completed the Installation of Belgium’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
30 Apr 2019 09:03 | Rotterdam, the Netherlands - Van Oord successfully installed the last of the in total 44 wind turbines of the Norther offshore wind farm. Achieving this milestone and already delivering renewable energy makes an important contribution to the energy transition. read more...
Vattenfall Relies on 10 MW Offshore Turbine from Siemens Gamesa
16 Apr 2019 10:25 | Zamudio, Spain - Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) and Vattenfall are collaborating to realize the supply of wind turbines for offshore wind power plants being developed in Dutch waters. Pending final developments, the new SG 10.0-193 DD turbines with a cacpacity of 10 Megawatts (MW) could be installed at Vattenfall’s Hollandse Kust Zuid 1&2 and Hollandse Kust Zuid 3&4 projects. read more...
LM Wind Power Acquires WMC Wind Turbine Blade Test Center in Wieringerwerf
18 Jul 2018 15:52 | Kolding, Denmark - LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy Business, announced the planned acquisition of the WMC test facilities in Wieringerwerf, Netherlands. The transaction is expected to close within a few weeks' time subject to certain pre-completion conditions. read more...
