Vattenfall to invest €200 M to repower and expand Wieringermeer onshore wind farm

Vattenfall has decided to invest more than €200 million (US$233 million) to repower and expand its Wieringermeer onshore windfarm in the Netherlands, the largest wind investment to date for Vattenfall in the Netherlands.

Vattenfall will replace older wind mills with latest wind technology to a capacity of 180 Megawatt (MW) by 2019. Moreover, Vattenfall has acquired the adjacent Wieringermeer extension with an additional capacity of 115 MW. Wieringermeer will be built and operated by Vattenfall's Dutch subsidiary Nuon.

Wieringermeer will in 2020 reach a total capacity of 295 MW and a power generation of around 1 TWh (terawatt hours), equivalent to the electricity consumption of approximately 250,000 households.

Magnus Hall, Vattenfall’s President and CEO, commented:

"The Wieringermeer onshore wind farm is another step in our ambition to expand our wind power portfolio, underlining our strategic ambition to become fossil-free within one generation. With this wind farm we will be able to supply companies and consumers in the Netherlands with even more clean renewable energy."

Gunnar Groebler, Head of Vattenfall Business Area Wind, said:

“The Netherlands is an important market for Vattenfall and particularly for our wind, solar and battery activities. Thanks to the hard and dedicated work of our team and the trustful cooperation with the political and local stakeholders, the Wieringermeer project underlines our competence in repowering and can now be transformed into our most modern onshore windfarm in the Netherlands."

In addition to the greater part of Wieringermeer (295 MW), Vattenfall in the Netherlands also owns e.g. the onshore wind farm Princess Alexia (122 MW) and the offshore wind farm Egmond aan Zee (108 MW). Vattenfall’s currently installed capacity in wind power in the Netherlands amounts to 349 MW, out of which 241 MW onshore and 108 MW offshore.

We have recently reported about several energy projects in the Netherlands:

• 20 MW offshore wind site in the Netherlands, Borssele V
• 350 MW Borssele II wind farm in Zeeland
• 350 MW Borssele I wind farm in Zeeland
• Wind farm project at Oostpolder dike in Krabbendijke
• 30 MW SunPort Delfzijl solar park in Delfzijl
• 350 MW Borssele IV wind farm
• 350 MW Borssele III wind farm
• 430 MW Noordoostpolder wind project on IJsselmeer lake
• 122 MW Prinses Alexia wind farm in Zeewolde