Science - June 24, 2004
Wageningen UR to build wind farm in Lelystad
The first six windmills should be turning by the end of this year in the wind farm that Wageningen UR plans to build in Lelystad. If the plan goes ahead a total of 28 windmills will eventually be erected and Wageningen UR will become a net producer of electricity, and may even earn money from the enterprise.
In the first phase, six WUR-windmills will be built along the Lage Vaart canal in Lelystad. Two extra will be built at a later stage. In addition, there are applications to build another two wind farms of ten windmills each along the A6 motorway. Kolstee has calculated that the 28 windmills should produce an annual total of 80 million kilowatt hours, which will be more than enough to provide Wageningen UR with all the electricity it needs (65 million kilowatt hours per year).
Gert van Maanen