Dutch onshore wind farm to provide a quarter million Vattenfall customers with renewable energy
Vattenfall has signed a long term purchasing agreement for renewable electricity from the new upgraded Zeewolde wind farm in the Netherlands. Until the end of 2021, 220 existing wind turbines will be replaced by 91 larger and more powerful turbines which will produce more than 850 GWh every year. This makes it the largest onshore wind project in the Netherlands. According to the agreement, Vattenfall will purchase power from 83 of the new turbines with an installed capacity of more than 300 MW.
Mr Erik Suichies, head of Vattenfall’s European wholesale customer business said that “This is the largest purchasing contract that Vattenfall has ever concluded for renewable energy in the Netherlands. Zeewolde wind farm will supply sustainable electricity to 250,000 Vattenfall customers.”
Zeewolde wind farm is owned by more than 200 farmers, residents and entrepreneurs from the outskirts of Zeewolde. Together they form the largest farmers / civil wind collective in Europe. The repowering work to exchange the existing wind turbines by more powerful turbines will start at the end of 2019 and is expected to last until the end of 2021.
Mr Sjoerd Sieburgh Sjoerdsma MD at Windpark Zeewolde BV said that “In Vattenfall we have a solid partner in the first place, one with extensive experience in this area. I also find it positive to see that a local organization such as ours and an internationally operating company like Vattenfall, know how to find each other.”
With the Windpark Zeewolde agreement Vattenfall has now concluded purchase contracts in its various markets with a combined capacity of 6.5 GW.
Mr Peter Buskermolen Senior Originator from Vattenfall said that “Vattenfall wants to make a fossil-free living possible within one generation. The purchase of sustainable electricity from this wind farm fits perfectly with that strategy. More and more people want to switch to sustainable energy. With this collaboration we can help to meet that demand.”
Source : STRATEGIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE, STEELGURU
