The 64 MW plant in Duurkenakker in the Midden-Groningen region already stands out visually. Covering an area of about 50 hectares on a former agricultural area, the solar park surrounds a wind plant. “An exciting synergy,” explains Head of Solar Netherland Tobias Friedrich. “Duurkenakker is the first project we have built together with Dutch investor Sunvest and also the first to integrate a wind plant.”
Duurkenakker enery park: a logistic challenge
This combination also brought challenges for construction logistics, Friedrich further explains. For example, not only the area for the wind turbine had to be kept clear, but also the access road for the delivery of the rotor blades. “For maintenance, it also has to be considered that ice forms on rotor blades in winter and that can have an impact on the photovoltaic system.”
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Duurkenakker was built in just seven months using modules from Suntech and inverters and transformers from Huawai. It started operation in November.
Supply for 20.000 households with clean electricity
The solar supplies around 20,000 households with clean electricity. 25,000 tons of CO2 can be saved per year. In this way the park will make an important contribution to the Midden-Groningen region and sustainable energy production in the Netherlands.
The Dutch company Sunvest was relying on Goldbeck Solar for the first time to implement the project. The EPC company can look back on a long history of successfully completed solar projects, especially those in the Netherlands. “Goldbeck Solar is very familiar with the conditions in the Netherlands. That was one of the reasons why we chose them to build the Duurkenakker energy park,” explained Bob Schulte from Sunvest.
Goldbeck Solar installed 270 MW in the Netherlands
In total, Goldbeck Solar has installed 270 MW of renewable capacity on Dutch land in 2020. Two more smaller projects, Veendam 3 and Goes, are to be commissioned by the end of this year. (hcn)
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