Dutch 322 MW onshore wind repowering project signs turbine, finance deals

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Windpark Zeewolde BV has signed contracts for turbines and financing for a 322-MW repowered onshore wind farm 20 km (12 miles) east of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, the cooperative developer said June 25. Contracts have been finalized with Denmark’s Vestas for 83 turbines, while Rabobank is providing Eur500 million ($561 million) in debt. Deliveries of turbines are expected to begin in the first quarter of 2021. “The entire park will be completed in 2022, and it will be the largest onshore wind farm in the Netherlands and the largest community-owned wind farm in Europe,” the developer said. Windpark Zeewolde BV is owned by over 200 local farmers, residents and entrepreneurs. It owns the 200-turbine, 90-MW Zeewolde wind farm close to the IJsselmeer, on an area that covers over 300 square km (116 square miles). Replacement machinery “will generate almost three times more energy with less than half the number of turbines, demonstrating the large potential in replacing older turbines with new and more efficient variants,” the cooperative said.