Kitepower, the Dutch developer of Airborne Wind Energy solutions, and eFuelution, an end-to-end project developer specialising in hydrogen electrolysis projects, have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at accelerating the development of green hydrogen projects, leveraging Kitepower’s innovative technology as a complementary solution. With the Netherlands aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050, green hydrogen emerges as a pivotal element in achieving this ambitious goal. eFuelution is committed to accelerating and optimizing hydrogen project development, ensuring a sustainable and cost-eff ..read more

Vattenfall has applied for the necessary permits from the province of Gelderland for the realization of the Echteld Lienden onshore wind farm along the A15 motorway. This marks the next step in the development of the wind farm. The application follows the province’s recent adoption of the preferred alternatives for wind energy locations earlier this year. In this preferred alternative, the province has chosen for an arrangement with 7 wind turbines with a tip height of up to 270 meters. The wind turbines will be located on both sides of the A15 motorway. They will replace Vattenfall’s current ..read more

On Wednesday 23 April, Belgian ministers visited Vlissingen, North Sea Port, where the construction of the first of the 23 concrete building blocks for Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth Energy Island was about to be finished. The Belgian consortium of DEME and Jan De Nul (TM EDISON) is building the foundations of the Belgian energy island there on behalf of Belgian grid operator Elia Transmission. This artificial island will lie 45 kilometres off the Belgian coast. The Belgian energy island is a world first. It will become the first building block in a unified European high-voltage offshore grid an ..read more

Dutch crane specialist BKV was announced winner of the ESTA Innovation Award with their Innovative TensionMaster system TM-1800 in Paris yesterday. The ESTA Award of Excellence Event is the annual event for the heavy transport and lifting sector in Europe. The ESTA Awards of Excellence event is a major annual event for the abnormal transport, crane rental and heavy lifting industry. Each year, participating companies submit their most challenging and innovative projects and developments for a prestigious ESTA Award. In total, there are 37 finalists across the ten categories from 12 different c ..read more

TenneT today published its paper ‘The Offshore Bidding Zone’. The paper is a guidance document with the ultimate goal of realising an initial Offshore Bidding Zone with associated laws and regulations. Offshore wind growth comes with challenges, especially in terms of infrastructure and market integration. To accelerate the roll-out of wind energy and promote international cooperation, Offshore Bidding Zones are needed, according to TenneT. Offshore Bidding Zones Offshore bidding zones are separate price regions for offshore hubs, within the European electricity market. The European electricit ..read more

Dutch companies Fusie Engineers and Q3 Heavy Lift will jointly design a state-of-the-art 140m x 40m flattop barge. This vessel is tailored for transporting heavy cargo for offshore wind projects in Taiwan. Q3 Heavy Lift, known for its extensive experience and efficiency as full-service provider in heavy cargo logistics, is enhancing its fleet to meet the growing demand for renewable energy infrastructure transport. Fusie Engineers brings its ship design and offshore engineering expertise with detailed scantling calculations, stability studies, and preparation of basic design drawings including ..read more

Fugro has relocated its Amberjack self-elevating platform (SEP) to Japan. This move will speed up mobilisation to project sites and allow faster delivery of Fugro’s accurate Geo-data to the country’s developing offshore wind industry. Under Japanese regulations, vessels registered in Japan follow a more streamlined procedure than foreign-flagged vessels when deployed for fieldwork. The Amberjack was reflagged in December 2023 and is now based in Tokyo, from where it will be deployed to wind farm projects in Japan and provide clients with geotechnical borehole drilling, high-quality sampling, a ..read more

Vattenfall is starting a study in which one of the turbines of wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid will be equipped with 16 infrared cameras. The use of the cameras should improve bird casualty counts from offshore wind farms. Currently, theoretical models are used to estimate the number of casualties, but there are few actual observations to support these models. Every year many millions of birds migrate across the North Sea during spring and fall migration. On fine days, songbirds and waders fly hundreds of meters high, but in bad weather they stay closer to the surface and therefore come within r ..read more

At the end of 2022, the construction of the Maasvlakte 2 Wind Farm was completed. Of the 22 wind turbines, 12 are located on the beach at Maasvlakte 2, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. To carry out maintenance on these turbines, which are partly in the water, Eneco developed special beach vehicles. Windpark Maasvlakte 2, with a total capacity of 116.7 MW, was realized by Eneco on behalf of Rijkswaterstaat, the executive agency of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. The wind farm comprises 12 wind turbines on the soft seawall (on the beach) and 10 wind turbines on the hard seawall ..read more

Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), by order of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, has developed a viewer (layer map) in which the current and future activities for wind energy and mining in the North Sea are visible. There are oil and gas extraction platforms in or near wind energy areas. In the future, more gas fields will be taken out of production. As a result, platforms will also disappear. At the same time, there will also be oil and gas extraction at sea in the coming years – and new platforms will be added as a result. The Dutch government wants the generation of win ..read more