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Offshore wind

Offshore wind is one of the most promising renewable energy sources, in that it can provide large volumes of sustainable electricity at a price that can now compete with electricity from fossil sources. Pondera has been active in this field since the first offshore wind farms became operational and has built up an enormous track record.

Read the latest news about our offshore wind projects below.

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Strekdammen gradient measurements

14/01/2021

In the summer of 2020, Pondera was commissioned to perform a short wind measurement campaign to determine the effect of the existing wind farm Eemshaven on the wind speed. Earlier...

Positive advice from EIA Commission for Wind Park Maasvlakte 2

11/01/2021

The EIA Commission has issued a positive assessment advice for the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Wind Park Maasvlakte 2. The Commission believes that the EIA contains the essential information...

Pondera and Rebel choose for GE wind turbines in Eemshaven

08/01/2021

The construction of Strekdammen Windpark is getting closer. At the end of 2020 Pondera and Rebel completed the financing of the wind farm with ABN AMRO. This means that the...

Pondera delivers EIA and Appropriate Assessment for the Hollandse Kust (west)

28/12/2020

Pondera has completed the investigation into the site decisions for Hollandse Kust (west) plots VI and VII, for which tenders are planned in 2021. We completed the Environmental Impact Report...

Council of State issues positive judgement about Staphorst wind farm

24/12/2020

On 23rd December, 2020, the Council of State issued a decision on the environmental permit for Windpark Staphorst. The wind farm, developed by the Coöperatie Wij Duurzaam Staphorst, consists of...

Final permit for Noordermeerdijk solar park

23/12/2020

On 23rd November, 2020, the Noordoostpolder Municipality granted the final permit for the Noordermeerdijk solar park in the Noordoostpolder. Pondera and HVC worked together to submit the application for this...

Offshore grid: Underground transport of sustainable electricity

10/12/2020

The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (EZK) and the national operator of the high-voltage grid TenneT are working together on the offshore grid projects – IJmuiden Ver Alpha and...

ISO certification for Pondera

03/12/2020

Pondera is ISO-9001 certified! The certification of the quality management system of Pondera Consult took place on November 18, 2020, in accordance with the guidelines of NEN-EN-ISO 9001: 2015. Our...

The Pondera team is growing. We would like to introduce you to our new colleagues!

03/12/2020

The Pondera Team continues to grow. We are proud to welcome four new colleagues to our team. We are sure they will make a great contribution to our team. We...

The realisation of a geothermal project

30/11/2020

Geothermal energy is considered by many to be the ‘new’ source of sustainable energy. Since the drilling of the first geothermal wells in 2007, this technique has become increasingly sophisticated....

Permit for extension of Wesselerbrink Enexis transformer substation has been granted

05/11/2020

In order to be able to connect solar parks and wind farms in Overijssel to the electricity network, network operators Enexis and TenneT want to strengthen the existing electricity network....

Zoning plans for Willem Annapolder and Landmanslust wind farms established

03/11/2020

The Kapelle municipal council adopted the zoning plans for Windpark Willem Annapolder and Windpark Landmanslust on 27 October 2020 with the municipal executive issuing the necessary permits. An environmental impact...

What does consultant Noud Maas do for TenneT?

29/10/2020

Every day our colleagues at Pondera work hard to take sustainable energy projects a step forward. People may not realise that Pondera is working hard to make the electricity grid...

GE Haliade-X prototype is now a 13 MW turbine

27/10/2020

The prototype of the GE Haliade-X turbine, the world’s most powerful wind turbine in operation, keeps breaking records. The turbine has been optimized and is now operating at a power...

Hyunjoo strengthens Pondera’s team in Korea

27/10/2020

Our Korean team continues to expand: Hyunjoo Moon has joined the Pondera team in Seoul. He has extensive experience in conducting wind measurements on various wind turbines. Hyunjoo will be...

Pondera welcomes Dr. Kim to the Korean team

26/10/2020

We proudly welcome Dr. Kim as a senior advisor in our Korean branch office in Seoul. We proudly welcome Dr. Kim as a senior advisor in our Korean branch office...

Wind measurements in Indonesia

13/10/2020

The Pondera team in Jakarta, led by Chandra Soemitro, recently installed the first LiDAR in Indonesia. Our colleague Maarten Graveland flew to Indonesia especially for the purpose of supporting the...

Pondera supports Wind for Buren project

08/10/2020

Pondera is supporting the Wind voor Buren project in carrying out its wind measurements. Wind voor Buren is a local initiative of the Kristen family, the Buren Energie cooperative and...

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