Now that the US has rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement, offshore wind developers in that country foresee a bright future. In this new era, the US can make a giant leap and become an offshore wind energy forerunner in the foreseeable future. Pondera’s Maarten Jaspers Faijer outlines his vision on this development in his blog…
In 2021, Pondera will again welcome new colleagues to the team. The brand new Ponderians Frank and Bas started in January. We are certain that they will make a major contribution to the team. We would like to introduce our new colleagues to you: Frank Schellen With more than 10 years of experience in spatial…
US Offshore wind take-off In the last few months, a lot has been written on the potential take-off of offshore wind in the United States. Now that the US is ‘back in the game’ and is taking up on climate change by rejoining the Paris agreement, offshore wind developers foresee a bright short term future…
In recent weeks, the regional newspapers have paid attention in two weekend editions to some important pillars of the climate agreement: wind and solar energy. In the Energy of the Future series, readers were informed in short and actually quite bluntly about the consequences for nature and the landscape and the nuisance for the environment.…
For the Sharjah Electricity, Water & Gas Authority, the state-owned utility of the emirate Sharjah in the Gulf, Pondera will conduct a 3 year high-tech meteorological measurement campaign. The measurement campaign will be conducted with a small network of meteorological stations, amongst others sampling wind speed and direction, solar radiation and extensive dust measurements. The…
Since 2020, the two high-voltage connections Borssele Alpha and Beta have been operational. Borssele offshore grid transports two times 700 MW of wind energy from the Borssele offshore wind energy area to the national high-voltage grid. In this video some nice images are shown of the construction of the two offshore platforms, the offshore cables,…
I would like to invite you to read my blog. The reason for this blog is the publication of a series of articles in the media entitled: Energy of the future. In a nutshell, readers are informed about the consequences for nature and the landscape and the nuisance for the environment due to the arrival…
