OFFSHORE WIND FOR HOLLAND

Scottish & Southern wins Dutch wind farm consent
Philip Waller and Niclas Mika (w/Mike Nesbit), January 15, 2009 (UK Guardian)

“…British utility Scottish & Southern Energy Plc (SSE) said…the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works & Water Management had approved an application by its renewable energy division Airtricity to build a farm known as West-Rijn, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) off the Dutch coast and about 90 kilometres from Rotterdam.
SSE said West Rijn was the first offshore farm to receive approval in the Netherlands for nearly seven years…It will have up to 72 wind turbines capable of generating a total of about 260 megawatts of electricity…"

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“The Dutch transport and public works ministry said the farm was an important step towards the government's target of setting up farms able to generate 450 megawatts of wind energy in the North Sea during its term. For 2020, the government is targeting 6,000 megawatts of North Sea wind energy…