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Wind assessment for Hollandse Kust Noord

By: Tom Russell 12/10/2018 Pondera Consult

General Windfarms

A consortium consisting of Oldbaum Services, Pondera Consult, Whiffle and Deltares will support the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) by conducting a Wind Resource Assessment (WRA) for the Hollandse Kust Noord wind farm zone.

The WRA – a desk study on the wind climate in the area of future Wind Farm Zone HKN – is used as input for the modelling of wind farms and/or estimating the future energy production of a wind farm. The approach of the study has the goal of reducing the uncertainties in this wind energy project, which might lead to a reduction of costs.

In order to achieve the most accurate results possible, the consortium will use the latest, state-of-the-art measurements techniques and models. Data from metmasts and (floating) LiDARs (laser-based wind measurement devices) will be combined with already existing data from KNMI/Rijkswaterstaat monitoring stations. This allows the wind climate to be determined and verified.

The Dutch government wants to achieve a 14% renewable energy share in 2020, growing to 16% in 2023. Wind energy is an important renewable energy source in the Netherlands and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Aﬀairs and Climate has plans to install 11.5GW of offshore wind energy by 2030.

Hollandse Kust Noord is one of the offshore Wind Farm Zones designated by the Dutch government, with the potential for a total power output of 700MW. This Wind Farm Zone will be located 18.5km off the coast.

This Wind Farm Zone is one of the six new offshore Wind Farm Zones which will be developed in the Netherlands.

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