The Netherlands is taking a leading position in OWE!
Posted by Joyce van Heijzen to Other topics, 2009-11-27 12:56:18
Dutch industry and knowledge institutes are taking a leading position in offshore wind farm innovation by starting the "Far and Large Offshore Wind"-consortium, otherwise known as FLOW. A R&D program and a demonstration wind farm with 20
to 60 turbines 75 kilometer off the Dutch coast is being developed by the partners RWE, Eneco, TenneT, Ballast Nedam, Van Oord, IHC Merwede, 2-B Energy, XEMC Darwind, ECN and TU Delft.
FLOW's R&D plan will develop technology and innovative concepts that will be used in the demonstration wind farm, considering Wind farm design, Support structures, Electrical systems & grid integration and Turbine development. The budget required for this plan is 1,2 billion Euros.
The Dutch government announces a significant increase in the households' energy bill for 2012! Is this the price the Dutch citizens have to pay for taking the leading position? Tell me what you think!
Why not issue government bonds or shares for investments in renewable energy. That way people who don't believe in offshore wind energy are not obliged to pay for a leading position and people who do believe might make money if it really is the future!