11/19/2009
Netherlands - Dutch Cabinet awards euro1B subsidy for wind turbine park
The Dutch government has awarded a euro1 billion ($1.5 billion) subsidy for a new wind turbine park capable of generating 430 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 400,000 households.
Economic Affairs Minister Maria van der Hoeven says the project is of "the very highest importance to achieve the goals that the Cabinet has with respect to sustainable energy."
The Dutch generate about 3 percent of energy from renewable sources, and target 20 percent by 2020. The park approved Tuesday would boost current wind capacity by almost 25 percent.
The park is to be built by a private consortium in 2012 near the fishing village of Urk, 60 kilometers (37 miles) northeast of Amsterdam. Many Urkers had opposed the project, arguing it will spoil their view of the horizon.
For more information please contact Trevor Sievert at ts@windfair.net
Economic Affairs Minister Maria van der Hoeven says the project is of "the very highest importance to achieve the goals that the Cabinet has with respect to sustainable energy."
The Dutch generate about 3 percent of energy from renewable sources, and target 20 percent by 2020. The park approved Tuesday would boost current wind capacity by almost 25 percent.
The park is to be built by a private consortium in 2012 near the fishing village of Urk, 60 kilometers (37 miles) northeast of Amsterdam. Many Urkers had opposed the project, arguing it will spoil their view of the horizon.
For more information please contact Trevor Sievert at ts@windfair.net
- Source:
- Online editorial www.windfair.net
- Author:
- Posted by: Trevor Sievert, Online Editorial Journalist
- Email:
- ts@windfair.net
- Link:
- www.windfair.net/...
- Keywords:
- wind energy, renewable energy, wind turbine, wind power, wind farm, rotorblade, onshore, offshore, Principle Power
