Wind power in the Netherlands

[2] Windmills have historically played a major part in the Netherlands by providing an alternative to water driven mills.

[3] In March 2022, the Dutch government announced that by 2030 offshore wind was to become the Netherlands' biggest power source, aiming at 21 GW of installed capacity.

Many of these smaller companies were eventually acquired by the larger wind turbine manufactures such as Vestas, Siemens and Lagerwey.

Acquired by Neg Micon 1998 Some of the newer larger wind farms currently under construction are replacing smaller turbines previously installed at given locations.

With this, offshore wind energy makes an important contribution to achieving the increased climate target of 55% less CO2-emissions.

[15] 2018 In March 2018 the Dutch government announced that it will build between 2023 and 2030 several new windfarms with a total installed capacity of 7 gigawatt.

[17] 2016 In the first week of December 2016, all 150 turbines of the new 600 MW Gemini offshore windfarm began producing power, and the project is expected to be fully commissioned by mid 2017.

[18] In July 2016, the first two stages of offshore wind farm development for a combined 700 MegaWatt capacity in a water area near Borssele was awarded to DONG Energy at a price of 7.27 Euro cent per kilowatt hour for 15 years.

[22] As a first step, the government has determined 65 sites for offshore wind farms in the North Sea and IJsselmeer.

[25] 2011 In November 2011, the Dutch government decided to no longer fund €6 billion per year to maintain subsidized wind kWh at €0.18.

It sharply cut subsidies down to €1.5 billion, leaving private sector to carry over wind turbine investments should these be beneficial.

Through the standardisation of these offshore platforms, the government hopes to significantly reduce the overall development, construction and maintenance costs.

The 129 MW Eneco Luchterduinen wind farm is located 23 km off the coast between Zandvoort and Noordwijk cities in the Netherlands.

[82] [83] The wind park was developed off the coast of IJmuiden by Econcern and Eneco Energie, at a total cost of $522.3 million.

[84] In 2006, the Egmond aan Zee Offshore Wind Farm was built, consisting of 36 Vestas V90 3MW turbines, totaling 108 MW, sufficient to light 100,000 houses.