[1], The Dutch government has expressed the aspiration to build 4.450 MW of offshore wind power by 2023[5] which will have a considerable impact on the Dutch electricity grid, operated by TenneT. In an anything goes era of news and social media, its not often that a post jumps off the page. Such as happened earlier this year in the UK when we had several days of around only 300MW of total metered wind power. It is just another way for RE politicians to bamboozle the lay public and keep the green mythology alive. 2015 was a record year for new installations in the Netherlands with 586 MW added of which 180 MW were offshore. Instead of trains recovering energy for their own use, any excess power is directed to a centralized bank of lithium-ion batteries. N.p., 13 November 2000. Willem, forgive the pedantry, but its the second time you said it. You may have a battery bank to store some of it in case of an outage, but mostly it will go to the electric company and they credit you. Only about 2% of Finlands generation mix is wind, and by the time it passes through the Finnish, Swedish and German grids on its way to the Netherlands it will effectively have disappeared. The wind farm's 86 wind turbines will produce 1.4 billion kWh of electricity, enough. This year, Dutch commuters ditched fossil fuels to power their country's trains on 100% wind energy - and it's a grand idea that's catching on the world over. [17] Where the parks will come and how they will be built is still being discussed. I happen to know a little about the Dutch grid and its power networks: interconnectors to other countries have long been bottlenecks and monopolising capacity on them has proved to be quite profitable in the past to those who trade electricity in more than one country. The company said all electric trains were now powered by wind energy. Companies that want to claim that they run on green energy then just have to buy enough GoOs to cover their energy demand. The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. While it was originally used to pump water or grind grain, wind is now helping Dutch commuters get to work. Railway Gazette reports that NS records about 1.2 million passenger-journeys per day, with an annual energy requirement for 1.2 billion kWh. Only the Guardian has seen fit to publish a correction: An earlier version said all Dutch trains were now 100% powered by wind-generated electricity, according to the national railway company NS. That would power a large proportion of all of the households in Amsterdam**. According to Thomas Homer-Dixon, wind turbines never recoup the energy it takes to build them. "Since 1 January, 100% of our trains are running on wind energy," said NS spokesman,. Electricity is electricity, electron charge transfer. What happens where there is insufficient wind for the required duration to powerup the batteries? The T1 standard relates to telecommunications. If there was a utility providing KiteGen power I would sign up with them. Really funny, as it cuts it both ways when you dont know reality and cant speak French you have to believe what you find on the English writing interwebs or the greenpiss propaganda leaflets. And enjoy 30c/kWh household electric rates, as in Denmark and Germany, without there being one iota of measurable benefit to the planet? 2009. quite an amount of work youve done there, It doesnt add up ! The electrons essentially vibrate in place at 60 Hz. In Norway 132,2 million guarantees of origin for hydro power were issued in 2014, corresponding to 132,2 Twh. So pick your choice It's a bit of smoke and mirrors but it helps to subside more expensive forms of generation. In total, NS consumes around 1.2 TWh of electricity to power its trains. The farm was dismantled after 22 years service in 2016. They would stop when there isnt any, obs. Knew this was BS from the headline. Its standard accounting practice. As Brightvibes noted, a decreasing and relatively small number of Dutch trains are still running on diesel. The Dutch railway folks have PPAs to buy energy only from renewable energy producers, and thus claim, our passenger trains run on renewable energy, but fail to add on a contract basis. There is a way of saying this, which characterises this behaviour, but I cant write it here because it is not politically correct too bad. When challenged on its claim, NS clarified that only the electrified portion of its system runs completely on wind power. Heating with electricity is their homemade problem that escalates bills for the poor with no alternative. The problem with the high costs for heating in France is the really poor quality of the dwellings, their poor insulating and cheap quality whatever means of heating one uses its literally money thrown away. Furthermore, both solar panels and wind turbines are capable of functioning under cold . http://www.djtelectricaltraining.co.uk/downloads/50Hz-Frequency.pdf. Hughes didn't make that statement of all windmills, and he allowed that some could recoup their construction costs in three years or less. As of October2022[update], wind power in the Netherlands has an installed capacity of 8,304 MW, 29.6% of which is based offshore. Everyone drawing energy from the grid is equal, on a physical basis. The rest is supplied by wind and solar power, which contribute about a fifth of the citys power. EV Use Is Growing, But Where Are The Chargers. For NS to use only wind power from wind farms to power its rail system the wind farms must be connected directly to NSs railways. In fact, an investigation by Energy Matters finds that the electrified portion of NS mainly runs on electricity derived from coal and natural gas. This energy is directly traceable to individual wind farms, because we use the GVO European Certification System. RE fans should understand that present mainstream RE technologies ( mostly PV and wind) require considerable real estate and in our small island one cannot travel very far without having a wind farm in view. When the train doesn't run, NS schedules buses instead. http://elering.ee/cross-border-physical-flows/ As well as the technological problems discussed in this blog can we afford this destruction of our landscapes pursuing this RE dream. The electrons that run the electrified portion of the NS system come from many sources, including wind, but also from coal, natural gas, and nuclear. There is, however, a problem. Fossil fuel-fired power plants produced over 80% of the electricity in the Netherlands, mainly natural gas (42%) and coal (35%). In other words, the two oldest sources of renewable power, water and wood, are carrying most of the burden for Burlingtons renewable achievement, not the sources that might come to mind when people read the headline. Wind farmsboth onshore and offshoreare regarded as a key component in renewable energy policy and an important tool in mitigating the risks of climate change. I have caught people several times in their lectures saying they are burning biogas on a campus, and they always are sheepish when I call them out on it, because they know they are fibbing. 15ct/kWh, 100%hydro, no nuclear or gray labeled power bought for pumping. This is a BETA experience. However, early successes in rolling out the clean energy program . Blunt, Elizabeth. [15], In February 2022 the Netherlands announced it increased its offshore wind target to 21 GW by 2030. from northern Maine to southern Florida, about 1800 miles in 0.01 second. Good for Nederlandse Spoorwegen. One such example is the largest wind farm in Holland, Noordoostpolder, which is installing industrial scale wind turbines such as the new Enercon onshore wind turbines, at the time the largest onshore turbines in the world rated at 7500kW nameplate capacity. NS claims 100% wind power because it has a contract with various wind farms to produce enough energy to power its rail system, but this is just an accounting transaction, writes author Roger Andrews. The Harried Dutch commuters who are travelling on one of the most environmentally friendly rail networks in the whole of Europe, if not the world are being sold a bill of goods. This text is selectively excerpted from a chapter written by David Hughes in Carbon Shift (2009), a book I co-edited. At near the speed of light, is there such a thing as national or regional energy mix, other than in our habit forming minds? Started operations 2009. BTW, I have never felt deprived by having 60 Hz instead of 50Hz. According to Cleantechnica How it then gets used depends on the city were in. As of the 1st of January, 2017, electric Dutch trains are now completely powered by wind energy, according to NS, the national railway company. if any Finnish electron reaches Netherlands most likely it goes via Baltic states, Poland and Germany. The pickup shoes do occasionally lose contact anyway, albeit very briefly, at track junctions. So, as you can see, your silly view of the frrrench domestic heating habits are wrong, probably based on indoctrination from greenpiss or the like. The new Zuidwester site at the wind farm will have just 12 turbines and a total nameplate capacity of 90 MW. (Data from ENTSO-E ): No details on the current generation mix are readily available, but as shown in Figure 1 gas and coal supplied around 80% of the Netherlands electricity between 2000 and 2013 and its likely that this percentage still applies. Intercity train arriving at Leiden Central railway station, Netherlands. The two Dutch wind farms that have contracted to sell power to NS (Noordoostpolder and Luchterduinen) are both connected directly to the Dutch grid, along with all the other power plants in the country, and NS draws its power from the grid: Figure 3: The Netherlands electricity grid. The Dutch government has set a target of 6,000 MW nameplate capacity of onshore wind power by 2020 (not met, as per the data above) and 4,450 MW of offshore wind power by 2023. Half of this electricity comes from the Netherlands, and the other half is imported from Sweden, Finland, and Belgium. A book co-edited by Thomas Homer-Dixon contained a passage stating that windmills "might never generate as much energy as was invested in building [them]." "Since 1 January, 100% of our trains are running on wind energy," said NS spokesman, Ton . These sites are also surveyed centrally by the government allowing developers to avoid costly and multiple surveys.[11]. Offsets. This record was immediately beaten the following year with another 766 MW being added. Money doesnt matter to me. Active 2020. How much of the Netherlands electricity is supplied by wind? But none of this wind power is directly connected to the NS rail system. Plus, it turns out that about half the electricity NS uses to power its rail system comes from outside of the Netherlands. In 2016, Dutch wind hit the headlines again, when a 700 MW offshore windfarm near the town of Borssele became the most cost-effective in the world. The next largest onshore wind farm is the Westereems wind farm located in Eemshaven in Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands. The other thing most people (at least in the US) dont consider when they see stories like this: A country like the Netherlands is literally 1/3 the size of the state of Ohio. 90/month for the typical 3 person household. The Dutch Railways Company NS is the world's first railway company that gets 100% of its energy from wind energy. Great post. The Dutch railways network (NS) started using wind energy generated by the turbines owned by electric company Eneco two years ago when they signed a ten-year agreement. At least they are investing in renewable energy. Since 2019, the buses have been powered by HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) made from processed deep fryer oil and industrial fats. The Dutch government is looking to ramp up the nations share of renewable energy from 4 percent in 2014 to 16 percent in 2023. Green energy for train, bus and station In 2017, our trains in the Netherlands became the first in the world to run for 100% on wind energy, giving travellers the option of travelling without CO2 emissions. [20], The Rachel Carson wind farm (also known as the Eemmeerdijk Wind Park.) We do something like this California with biogas. This was 2015 data, so the wind fraction seems to have gone up from 7% to 10% but coal is really powering those trains at least 3x more than wind hey, coal powered trains, where have I heard that before? Many of these smaller companies were eventually acquired by the larger wind turbine manufactures such as Vestas, Siemens and Lagerwey. If not, Im sure their stranded customers would be happy to explain it to them. UK Government to Announce New Energy Policies, Waking into our new volatile age of oil prices. But a recent piece of news about electricity caught my attention. Apart from the first rather obvious problems, anyone with the most basic understanding of electrical enrgy, as taught before 16 at school, would immediately know this was a wholly untrue technical assertion., Thats the whole point, Brian There are hardly any people with a basic understanding of electrical energy If most would have an understanding, there would be no renewables at all The whole charade would not even have started in the first place , Just as Otter says above, on different forums, lots of people are claiming Im 100% renewable (because I have a 100% RE contract with Essent, or Lampiris, or Belpower, or ENI, or ), Neither humour (so you got all the wind power this morning, because there was none left for me !, nor hard facts (for the 8-day period 27/12 03/01, that I just took a look at for another discussion, Wind and Solar provided a grand total of 4.6% of all electricity used in Belgium Was that enough for all of them 100% RE contracts ? The historical land of windmills is leading . If its a less busy line, some of the electricity is stored in batteries on the train. Since 2015 there has been a trend towards the deployment and planning for large wind farms, both onshore and offshore, with a view to the approximate tripling wind power capacity from 2015 levels by 2023. Especially since there are no green electrons. But its a funny read. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. (CONTINUED), London Underground trains use two conductor rails to manage their electricity needs (Image courtesy [+] of BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images), In all cases, this regenerated electricity can be returned to the power line via the conductor rail. Why cant, errr sorry, why Dont you? I am told Biogas is not actually allowed in our pipeline system. Because theyre just one part of a wider grid, most train operators use electricity from a mix of different sources coal-fired generators, nuclear plants, hydropower or, in the case of Nederlandse Spoorwegen, exclusively from wind turbines. But there is no guarantee that the unfilled demand will be met by renewables, and in any event the 1.2-1.4TWh/year consumed by NS represents barely more than 1% of the Netherlands annual electricity consumption and a totally negligible fraction of European consumption. If the train line is a busy one, with small gaps between scheduled trains, the electricity produced by one helps to power the very next one that comes along. heavyweather~ Im sure you can link us to sites which prove your point. Acquired by Lagerway in 1998. The 113,3 Twh exported far exceeds the actual exports of course, but were good business for the power companies selling their power twice. A two-megawatt windmill contains 260 tonnes of steel requiring 170 tonnes of. Gimme a break. Electricity backed 100% by low-carbon generation, Its also why we make good on our supply promise for homes on our Blue tariffs: well match every unit you use with electricity generated from low-carbon nuclear sources.. In total there were 3,004 MW of onshore wind power at the end of 2015. For example, in 2015, Burlington, Vermont, became the first city to announce it was running totally on renewable power. However the electricity is delivered to the train, once its there, it is used to power lights, and air-conditioning, as well as the traction motors, which are what turn the trains wheels. Ah, so the train really runs on smoke & mirrors. But how does NS know the power it imports is wind? This type of fuel is considered to be climate-neutral, as it does not cause CO2 emissions. Illustration So we in fact reached our goal a year earlier than planned, said Boon, adding that an increase in the number of wind farms across the country and off the coast of the Netherlands had helped NS achieve its aim. [13] The wind farm demonstrates the growth in scale in wind power as between 1987 and 1991 it was the largest of its kind in Europe with 50 turbines and a total nameplate capacity of 15 MW. How much wind? Homer-Dixon did not write this viral quote, but he did comment on it in a May 2018 blog post entitled: "No . Passing through the gates without traveling, Forgetting to check in or out and requesting refunds, Sustainable accessibility of the Netherlands, More information about NS buses that run on HVO. In 2020 wind power provided 11.54% of the Dutch electricity generation (see table above) while solar power provided an additional 7.25% for a combined 18.79% - easily meeting the target without taking other renewable sources into account, even though the target for onshore wind capacity was not met. I read about them and saw a documentary film about them. Good for saving valuable hydrocarbons for something more useful than burning them, and they really can supply all my electricity 24/7 that way. The turbines supply enough energy to power 2.4 million households. The 50 Hz, with 3000 RPM generators in Europe, may be due to various reasons, Here is an explanation. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com. Electric trains also use regenerative braking, similar to whats found in hybrid and electric cars. This page was last edited on 14 January 2023, at 23:49. All day so far. 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