Active 2016. Great post. In late 2015, the Dutch government announced its goal to power the country's electric trains entirely with wind power by 2018. Rail networks source this electricity from the grid, and just like for our homes, its transmitted to them via high-voltage lines. [18], In the first week of December 2016, all 150 turbines of the new 600 MW Gemini offshore windfarm began producing power, and the project is expected to be fully commissioned by mid 2017. How much of the Netherlands electricity is supplied by wind? If you want to be generous to NS, you can say that the BritNed interconnector is definitely being fed by the coal fired Maasvlakte power stations when it is delivering 1GW to the UK, because theyre right next door to the HVDC converters. 22 May 2018. 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. But its a funny read. I live in France since 20 years, have almost always used electricity to heat my house and always saved money with respect to the neighbours who used other means. Nor should you you probably get shaved 20% faster than me! Whats the trick? I believe in low carbon power, just that I also believe in security of supply, and with wind, or solar or tidal, you cant get it. Putting these numbers together indicates that only 10-15% of the electricity consumed annually by NSs electric trains will come from wind, with the rest a mixture that includes mostly Dutch gas and coal plus a small amount of Belgian and German coal, nuclear and lignite and maybe even a little German solar. "Since 1 January, 100% of our trains are running on wind energy," said NS spokesman, Ton . This is hardly enough to make a big deal about. And only half of the wind power NS has contracted for comes from the Netherlands. This page was last edited on 14 January 2023, at 23:49. First some details on the Netherlands electricity sector. Many of the numerous smaller and older wind farms in the Netherlands consist of much smaller turbines compared to those typically deployed today. The 600,000 daily. Do Dutch trains run on Wind? You only have to see their numbersbto know. If you would like to know more, click here. Bolthouse Farms Sued After Smoothie With 100% Fruit Juice Tests Positive for PFAS, EPA Announces $27 Billion Fund to Help Low-Income and Disadvantaged Communities Transition to Renewable Energy, Derailed Train Cars in Ohio Were Not Labeled Hazardous, Wind Turbine Giant Proposes New York Factory That Would Create 420 Jobs and $500M in Local Investments. Money doesnt matter to me. N.p., 13 November 2000. The pickup shoes do occasionally lose contact anyway, albeit very briefly, at track junctions. NS uses as much electricity as all Amsterdam residents combined, and its trains represent over 90 percent of commercial train travel in the country. Either figure comfortably exceeds the amount of electricity NS uses to power its electric trains, which is variously quoted as either 1.2 or 1.4TWh/year. However, this quotation, which comes from an essay written by earth scientist David Hughes, was cherry-picked and presented out of context to create a deliberately misleading version of what the author actually said. Even the two Dutch wind farms with which NS contracts directly for wind power, Noordoostpolder and Luchterduinen, are tied generally to the Dutch grid and not tied directly into the NS rail system. Sign up for our email newsletter! When you dont know reality and cant speak German you have to believe what you find on the English writing interwebs . [61] A further 228 MW of installed capacity will be added when completed. The actual amount of green energy produced is unaffected.. http://www.litgrid.eu/index.php/sistemos-duomenys/79. However, it seems officials have been able to beat that goal by an entire year. Google will allegedly power all its operations with renewable energy this year by doing exactly the same thing. These wind turbines generate enough power to sustain the equivalent of 2.4 million homes. No direct subsidies from the government are related to this contract.. Dutch electric trains are running on 1.2 billion kilowatt-hours of wind energy supplied by sustainable energy supplier, Eneco. If NS consumes an amount of gray electricity, than other consumers who pay for gray electricity will get same amount of wind electricity mixed in their gray electricity. While it was originally used to pump water or grind grain, wind is now helping Dutch commuters get to work. Harried Dutch commuters may not be entirely cognisant of the fact . Thatd give us a consumption figure for the city of around 1.5 billion kWh. All day so far. Thanks for the correction Lars. 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. Yes, they are called dwarves, or possibly hobbits. Consumer unions help by auctioning for grouped members. Plus, it turns out that about half the electricity NS uses to power its rail system comes from outside of the Netherlands. The Netherlands imports wind power basically because its falling behind its EU renewable energy targets. 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. It becomes inextricably mixed with all the electromagnetic waves of the other. http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-e1-and-vs-t1/. Whats the trick? Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Thus, all of NE has the same energy mix, i.e., there is not one mix for VT, another for NH, or one mix for the Netherlands, another for Germany. http://www.euanmearns.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/interconnectors.png. Wind power now supplies about 10% of Belgiums electricity, so power imported from the Belgian grid will be about 10% wind. "Carbon Shift: How Peak Oil and the Climate Crisis Will Change Canada (and Our Lives) Paperback." - YouTube 0:00 / 6:04 Do Dutch trains run on Wind? In contrast to onshore wind farms, almost all turbines by January 2017 were situated in just a few large wind farms. I am surrounded by almost 3000 MWs of hydro power in my county alone, but because of these guarantees of origin my supposed consumption is very dirty, consisting mostly of a central European mix of coal, natural gas, nuclear with some renewables added. 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. As well as the technological problems discussed in this blog can we afford this destruction of our landscapes pursuing this RE dream. It seems small compared with our renewables subsidies in the UK, which are of the order fo 150-450 times as big per MWh. 15ct/kWh, 100%hydro, no nuclear or gray labeled power bought for pumping. Grid power in fact reflects the overall generation mix, which in the case of the Netherlands is dominantly gas and coal with only a small contribution from wind. The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. All Dutch electric trains are now powered by wind energy, the national railway company NS has said . You bet. In this video, NS CEO Roger van Boxtel is humorously strapped to a windmill blade as he touts his companys latest renewable energy achievement. In Norway 132,2 million guarantees of origin for hydro power were issued in 2014, corresponding to 132,2 Twh. But its a funny read. Knew this was BS from the headline. We do something like this California with biogas. And no facts will ever get in the way of a true believer . But in reality, the commercial parties are making a double killing: getting free money throughout the FIT contract (paid for 100% by households) *and* profiting from the PR value of presenting themselves as selflessly investing their own money in wind and solar energy for the planet. The farm was dismantled after 22 years service in 2016. Yeah, that'show energy works. The green electricity we use is generated by new wind farms, which have been brought into service in phases. Gimme a break. According to Cleantechnica I see the logic behind the options for supply that can be taken, but how can any householder take a contract for 100% wind power when often this is not available, certainly if a large number opt for green power. Good for saving valuable hydrocarbons for something more useful than burning them, and they really can supply all my electricity 24/7 that way. An earlier version said all Dutch trains were now 100% powered by wind-generated electricity, according to the national railway company NS. 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. Calculated value from total installed nameplate capacity and actual electricity generation. That's something. This quote appeared in a book edited by Homer-Dixon, but it was actually written by David Hughes. A little more than a tenth of all electricity consumed in the Netherlands comes from wind power, some of which is imported. That would force other trains to halt. Just fit smart controls where their systems draw power from the grid. Does anyone even believe that? The construction of these wind farms along with others in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Finland helped NS and Eneco to hit their target so far ahead of schedule. The company said all electric trains were now powered by wind energy. That is why half of the demand will be sourced from a number of new wind farms in Belgium and Scandinavia, which have been specifically assigned for this contract., http://www.railway-technology.com/features/featuremichel-kerkhof-of-eneco-discusses-the-dutch-rail-networks-renewable-revolution-4647194/. Three strikes. The only way we could get close would be to take this measure of the citys population (813, 562) and this value for electricity consumption per person (1800 kWh). Overall, the Netherlands has over 2,000 wind turbines spread across the country. An extra live rail that has direct current flowing through it at all times. 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. NS would only care for the environment as a PR stunt, not for the betterment of the planet. But of course even two-thirds of the NS system doesnt run completely on wind power. As Enecos account manager Michel Kerkhof pointed out, the key objective is to avoid procuring energy from the limited existing number of sustainable energy projects in the Netherlands, thus promoting renewable growth both domestically and Europe-wide., This partnership ensures that new investments can be made in even newer wind farms, which will increase the share of renewable energy, Kerkhof continued. Our ambition is also to use more of our own resources (buildings, property) to generate sustainable energy. Can Renewable Portfolio Standards make RE Work? 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. When "green" energy is generated the producer can sell a Guarantee of Origin certificate for the amount generated. http://ast.lv/eng/power_system/current_situation_in_power_system/state_of_power_system/ [5] This will contribute towards the Dutch target of 14% renewable energy use out of total energy use by 2020[10] and 16% by 2023. one of their national railway companies, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), 700 MW offshore windfarm near the town of Borssele. The Dutch Railways Company NS is the world's first railway company that gets 100% of its energy from wind energy. Acquired by Lagerway in 1998. There are several Dutch turbine manufacturers that continue to manufacture both large and small installations for domestic and international clients. http://www.sciencealert.com/all-electric-trains-in-the-netherlands-are-now-100-powered-by-wind-energy. More than wind and solar together right now. Since 2019, the buses have been powered by HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) made from processed deep fryer oil and industrial fats. All Dutch electric trains are now powered by wind energy, the national railway company NS has said . The Dutch rail network will run entirely on renewable wind energy by 2018 under a new contract signed by power company Eneco and energy procurement cooperative VIVENS. Half of this electricity comes from the Netherlands, and the other half is imported from Sweden, Finland, and Belgium. These newer and larger wind farms are making use of some of the largest wind turbines available, in particular in the case of Noordoostpolder the Enercon E-126 7500kW wind turbine, the largest onshore turbine available at that time. Overhead wires are best suited to tram and intercity services, whereas the more compact third rail option is preferred for underground trains. Eneco has agreed to supply 1.4 terawatt hours (TWh) of wind-sourced power by 2018, which is roughly the same amount of energy consumed by all the households in Amsterdam, the capital city. Some of the nations that supply power to NS such as Germany, Belgium, and Finland, do generate wind power, but only in modest amounts. However, early successes in rolling out the clean energy program . http://electronicdesign.com/power/google-s-renewable-energy-plan-what-it-seems, Telling fibs has become so fashionable that everyone and his train or server wants to be in on it. [9] As a first step, the government has determined 65 sites for offshore wind farms in the North Sea and IJsselmeer. Since 1 January, 100% of our trains are running on wind energy, said NS spokesman, Ton Boon. Several commercial parties have now caught onto the PR value of claiming they are not getting government subsidies for their investment in renewable energy. Only a small fraction of the power delivered to its trains actually comes from wind. Everybody should buy only 100% RE. These sites are also surveyed centrally by the government allowing developers to avoid costly and multiple surveys.[11]. 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. During these periods wind generation in the neighboring Netherlands would also have fallen to low levels. ALL traction power for the Dutch railway network will come from wind turbines under a new energy contract signed on May 15 between power company Eneco and Vivens, an energy procurement joint venture which includes Netherlands Railways (NS), Veolia, Arriva, Connexxion and railfreight operators. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Started operations in 1979. This has already led to a savings of 1.43 billions kilograms of C02 emissions. 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. I guess I could have found something cheaper still if Id looked hard enough. Netherlands take e-mobility to next level: 100% of countrys trains are powered by #wind: https://t.co/U1oDry30ll pic.twitter.com/c0vrXxrDZl, UN Climate Change (@UNFCCC) January 10, 2017. In total, NS consumes around 1.2 TWh of electricity to power its trains. It probably has a lower calorific value, a greater CO2 content (up to 30%/40% from some sources), and your local regs may insist it be odourised. The first two are feel good justifications that have no practical impact. This text is selectively excerpted from a chapter written by David Hughes in Carbon Shift (2009), a book I co-edited. Windmills have historically played a major part in the Netherlands by providing an alternative to water driven mills. According to Statistics Netherlands, gross electricity generation was approximately 110 billion kilowatthours (BkWh) in 2015. This year the country is due to start operating a 600-megawatt offshore wind farm, called Gemini. I read about them and saw a documentary film about them. For high-speed trains, overhead wires are the better choice. They would stop when there isnt any, obs. Earlier this week, one of their national railway companies, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), announced that, since 1 st January, every single one of its electric trains have been running on energy. Produced at least 8 models with power outputs of 100, 250, 500, 1000kW. You may opt-out by. Ah, so they're contracted for wind energy offset, not 100% wind energy powered. If there was a utility providing KiteGen power I would sign up with them. But how does NS know the power it imports is wind? Established 1983. The company is also looking for a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Just whatever serves your agenda. The third that by purchasing wind power that would otherwise have gone elsewhere NS is leaving the door open for more wind projects and more CO2 reductions is the only one that offers any tangible benefits. The energy required to power trains in the Netherlands comes from newly built wind farms in the Netherlands as well as in Belgium and Finland. I think the trains in the Netherlands use 1.5kVDC anyway bet there are no wind turbines producing that directly. According to LJ Electrical only 2,231km of NSs total 3,223km of track is electrified): Figure 2: The Netherlands railway network. Such as happened earlier this year in the UK when we had several days of around only 300MW of total metered wind power. I did not say wind energy is Idiot Power.". Once its in the network, there are three main options for getting the electricity to the trains themselves: Youve probably noticed at least one of these options on your rail journeys. "Since 1 January, 100% of our trains are running on wind energy," said NS spokesman,. As of January 1, all trains in the Netherlands now run entirely on wind power (that is to say electricity generated by wind farms, not masts and sails). Temporarily, they might even have a surplus to sell. So, 1) I didnt write the text, 2) the text itself is selectively quoted, and 3) the argument it makes, taken in isolation, is meaningless. The fun would be that trains would soon be blocking the lines as power production fell. Many small scale wind farms exist throughout the Netherlands which bear testament to earlier models of wind turbines and lesser known manufacturers which provided a range of niche products, ranging in size and power output. You are not really concerned about the energy bills of the poor. 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]." It is reportedly due to the early completion of some of these farms that enabled the 100% wind target to be reached one year in advance. Most wind power is produced in the province of Flevoland. That is, a windmill could spin until it falls apart and never generate as much energy as was invested in building it. from northern Maine to southern Florida, about 1800 miles in 0.01 second. Well, it actually claims that only the electrified portion runs on 100% wind. 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. EV Use Is Growing, But Where Are The Chargers. That means electrons traveling across international borders to help power the NS railway system come in some amount from wind power, but in much larger amounts from non-wind sources. You can't pull line between your house and a windmill and hope you have 100% power for all the time. So while wind contributes about 7% to the Netherlands electricity generation it contributes about 11% to the countrys electricity consumption. 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. There are very little poor people in Germany. Pingback: Antidotes were hard to find this week as one cheering message after another was debunked only Positive News was buoyant | C 3000: antidote to gloom, Pingback: International Energy Agency Electricity Production Statistics for OECD Countries 2014 2016 | Blogging about energy and transitioning to clean energy, Click image to download live UK grid data, Per Capita Energy Consumption North America, Per Capita Energy Consumption South America, Per Capita Energy Consumption Former Soviet Union, Per Capita Energy Consumption Middle East, Per Capita Energy Consumption Asia Pacific, Refinery Output and Product Demand North America, Refinery Output and Product Demand Europe, Refinery Output and Product Demand Middle East, Refinery Output and Product Demand Asia Pacific, newly built wind farms in . [1], By December 2013, 1,975 wind turbines were operational on land in the Netherlands, with an aggregate capacity of 2,479 MW. You know all that and simply fabricate a problem where there is non. The national railway company, NS, said that its renewables target had been met a year earlier than planned. That would meet approximately 75% of the countries electricity needs. I am laughing. And meanwhile the Netherlands electrified railways continue to be powered dominantly by fossil fuel electricity. This is the cause of the very bright, blue-white spark you sometimes see near the third rail, as well as flickering carriage lights. UK Government to Announce New Energy Policies, Waking into our new volatile age of oil prices. . When I travel, I just plug in my electric razor, which automatically converts it. https://askjaenergy.com/2015/03/23/does-apple-not-want-truly-green-data-centers/. Active 2016. Under this system the government chooses locations and organizes tenders for projects of 350 MW, and project developers can offer bids for each farm. A NS train. The concept of net energy must be applied to renewable sources of energy, such as windmills and photovoltaics. As shown in the table below installed capacity is dominantly fossil fuel, with natural gas making up 61% of total installed capacity and coal 15%. [61], In 2008, a second, somewhat larger offshore wind farm was built: the Princess Amalia Wind Farm, consisting of 60 Vestas V80 2MW turbines totaling 120 MW, sufficient to power 125,000 homes and help the Netherlands cut 225,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. 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. 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. In total there were 3,004 MW of onshore wind power at the end of 2015. However, everyone must have a contract to be authorized to draw energy from the grid; otherwise it would be stealing. Only a small fraction of the power delivered to its trains actually comes from wind.. [1] [2] [7] The project cost $272 million and is cooperatively owned by Royal Dutch Shell and the Dutch utility company Nuon. Companies that want to claim that they run on green energy then just have to buy enough GoOs to cover their energy demand. Of course, weve seen headlines of this type before. All renewable energy gets paid the FIT out of the so-called SDE budget. Per Physics 101, once electricity is fed into the grid it travels, as electromagnetic waves, at near the speed of light on un-insulated wires, i.e. "So we in fact reached our goal a year earlier than planned," spokesman Ton Boon told AFP. 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. Imports from the German grid, however, will contain about 14% wind power, although not wind power that NS has contracted for. BBC News. Homer-Dixon, Thomas. if any Finnish electron reaches Netherlands most likely it goes via Baltic states, Poland and Germany. So pick your choice But none of this wind power is directly connected to the NS rail system. But it really doesnt matter which countries the Finnish wind power passes through on its way to the Netherlands. Stuart The 129 MW Eneco Luchterduinen wind farm is located 23km off the coast between Zandvoort and Noordwijk cities in the Netherlands. Started operations 2009. 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