Offshore Wind Energy

The Dutch government stimulates the large-scale use of renewable energy for the generation of electricity. The utilisation of wind energy at sea is part of this policy. This website is a source of information for everyone who is professionally involved and interested in offshore wind energy in the Netherlands. This includes universities, research and knowledge institutes, governmental and non-governmental organisations, project developers and consultants.

Offshore Wind Energy
The Dutch government's goal is to have renewable energy meet at least 14% of the overall demand for energy in 2020. Wind energy is one of the most important options available. By 2020, the government expects offshore wind energy to provide a considerable share of the growth in renewable energy generation. The construction of the near shore wind farm demonstration project 'Offshore Windpark Egmond aan Zee' (OWEZ) in 2006 was the first step in the development of offshore wind energy in The Netherlands. The aim of this project is to gain the knowledge and experience necessary for the construction and exploitation of large wind farms at sea.

On this site you will find information about:

• List Dutch companies in offshore wind energy
• offshore wind energy developments in the Netherlands;
• results from the OWEZ wind farm monitoring and evaluation programme.
   
Dutch Market
A lot of Dutch companies are involved in the development of offshore windenergy. These range across all aspects of this development, such as: research, the development of parts of wind farms, project development, construction, installation, transport, financing and exploitation. Does your company not appear in the ? Please send us an and we will contact you.

Downloads
• Offshore wind energy, Review of Dutch business activity (pdf)
• Offshore windenergie overzicht van Nederlandse bedrijvigheid (pdf)
• Sectoronderzoek offshore windenergie (pdf)
• Sector survey offshore wind energy (pdf)