New North Sea windmill parks to generate 6000 megawatt - how many cars will that feed?
The Dutch government has appointed 4 regions in the North Sea as spots for new offshore windmill parks.
By 2020, the offshore windmill parks will have approx. 1500 to 2000 windmills which should produce 6000 megawatt (the equivalent of 6 big coal plants) of energy. Currently, the North Sea houses 2 parks with 96 windmills delivering 228 megawatt.
In addition to the 6000 megawatt produced offshore, an additional 4000 megawatt will be delivered by land-based windmills. This means that by 2020, the portion of electricity generated by wind will be approx. 15 to 20 percent.
Check this article (in Dutch) for full coverage and a North Sea area map.
Photo by chwis_uk.
By 2020, the offshore windmill parks will have approx. 1500 to 2000 windmills which should produce 6000 megawatt (the equivalent of 6 big coal plants) of energy. Currently, the North Sea houses 2 parks with 96 windmills delivering 228 megawatt.
In addition to the 6000 megawatt produced offshore, an additional 4000 megawatt will be delivered by land-based windmills. This means that by 2020, the portion of electricity generated by wind will be approx. 15 to 20 percent.
Check this article (in Dutch) for full coverage and a North Sea area map.
Photo by chwis_uk.
Tags: nederland, netherlands, windenergy
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Comment by Ryan Renner on January 15, 2009 at 9:24pm
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Tom- Not to state the obvious, but you avoid all of these problems if you go underwater or underground.
Here is a brief AP article as well: http://tinyurl.com/Ned-6GW-Wind
Netherlands does have 2 underwater HVDC links with Norway and UK (respectively). From that location in the N. Sea, they could provide energy security for any number of areas within Europe. We'll soon find out whether or not they'll need to build any more HVDC links.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HVDC_projects#Europe
http://www.ece.uidaho.edu/hvdcfacts/Projects/HVDCProjectsListingMay2008-existing.pdf
Irsan- Thanks for the post. I love what we learn here at Planet BP
KHooper- And the sun provided the energy to plants and algae that became crude oil. We're finding a much more direct route for the sun to power our lives. It's a great opportunity.
--Cheers
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Comment by irsan on December 14, 2008 at 2:30am - Tom: with the concentration of the windmills to these regions the Dutch government is -I guess- trying to prevent a "jungle" of transmission lines etc. Personally, I'd prefer a view of the transmission towers than no view at all because of smog :-)
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Comment by Tom Russo on December 13, 2008 at 9:46pm -
Large offshore and onshore wind energy requires a very good transmission system. I'm assuming that the Dutch government has a good power system and that some of that wind power will be exported. That requires that high voltage transmission lines be constructed. As shown below, these lines are very large compared to the distribution lines we see in our communities. I wonder if there is as much opposition to these large power line in Europe as there is in the U.S. In the latter, the lack of adequate electric transmission has thwarted wind energy and solar and biggest obstacle to the U.S. really adding more renewables.
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