One windmill running for an hour can power a train for 120 miles, the companies said. Calculated value from total installed nameplate capacity and actual electricity generation. They say that this makes them the first rail company in the world that runs it fleet entirely on renewable energy. The historical land of windmills is leading . There is a DC interconnector (LitPol, 500 MW) between Lithuania and Poland now, and in addition the NordBalt (DC 700 MW) between Sweden and Lithuania. This energy is directly traceable to individual wind farms, because we use the GVO European Certification System. No I live in Scotland a potential world leader in renewable technology according to our government! TL;DR Dutch trains run on natural gas and coal power, not wind power. The electrons vibrate at 60 cycles per second, 60 Hz, and travel at less than 0.1 inch/second. Physically it makes no difference as you say, but as HeavyWeather pointed out above my money is now going to fund reactors not Energiewende, so Im happy. [20] A few of the larger wind farms are listed here. It is 100% powered by electric. Heating with electricity is their homemade problem that escalates bills for the poor with no alternative. It seems small compared with our renewables subsidies in the UK, which are of the order fo 150-450 times as big per MWh. Netherlands take e-mobility to next level: 100% of countrys trains are powered by #wind: https://t.co/U1oDry30ll pic.twitter.com/c0vrXxrDZl, UN Climate Change (@UNFCCC) January 10, 2017. Why cant, errr sorry, why Dont you? Active 2016. With this, offshore wind energy makes an important contribution to achieving the increased climate target of 55% less CO2-emissions. Every electric train on the Dutch railways NS network now gets 100 per cent of its energy from wind energy. Money doesnt matter to me. In addition, the use of conductor rails sets a speed limit on trains of about 160kph (100mph) above this, the metal contact blocks (called pickup shoes) can lose contact with the rail and result in a drop in power. NS operates about 5,500 train trips a day. NS first announced their target for a wind-powered train fleet back in 2015, but they've hit their target a year earlier than planned - way ahead of their 2018 goal. Once its in the network, there are three main options for getting the electricity to the trains themselves: Youve probably noticed at least one of these options on your rail journeys. . Do the claims about Netherlands trains also require further explanation? Passing through the gates without traveling, Forgetting to check in or out and requesting refunds, Sustainable accessibility of the Netherlands, More information about NS buses that run on HVO. Green energy for train, bus and station In 2017, our trains in the Netherlands became the first in the world to run for 100% on wind energy, giving travellers the option of travelling without CO2 emissions. All Dutch electric trains are now powered by wind energy, the national railway company NS has said . The 129 MW Eneco Luchterduinen wind farm is located 23km off the coast between Zandvoort and Noordwijk cities in the Netherlands. What Is (And Isn't) Scientific About The Multiverse. I would take it, then, that you are not among the poor and elderly who DO give a fig about money? Headlines like this make people feel good. NS has signed a contract with Eneco to guarantee the supply of this electricity. Plus, it turns out that about half the electricity NS uses to power its rail system comes from outside of the Netherlands. [5] The first of these, the 429 MW Noordoostpolder wind farm was already partially deployed by year end 2015 whilst the 600 MW Gemini offshore wind farm was commissioned in 2017. For high-speed trains, overhead wires are the better choice. Putting these numbers together indicates that only 10-15% of the electricity consumed annually by NSs electric trains will come from wind, with the rest a mixture that includes mostly Dutch gas and coal plus a small amount of Belgian and German coal, nuclear and lignite and maybe even a little German solar, Andrews explains. According to Railway Technology because it has a: green energy contract thought to be among the largest yet signed in Europe between power supplier Eneco and VIVENS, an energy procurement joint venture comprising Netherlands Railways (NS), Veolia, Arriva, Connexxion and rail freight firms, and because, NS and Eneco have carefully selected a list of wind farms that fulfil their criteria of being traceable, sustainable or renewable and additional, or new, and because, This partnership ensures that new investments can be made in even newer wind farms, which will increase the share of renewable energy. Instead of trains recovering energy for their own use, any excess power is directed to a centralized bank of lithium-ion batteries. So I know that its true, just as if I had read it in the Guardian. Their original goal was to transition the trains to 100 percent renewable energy by 2018, but that target was moved up after reaching 75 percent in 2016. Grid connections for the Luchterduinen and Nordpoostpolder wind farms (locations approximate) are shown in black. One windmill running for an hour can power one train across about 200km (120 miles). Most wind power is produced in the province of Flevoland. Produced at least 19 models at 250, 750, 1500, 2000, 2300, 2500, 2600, 3000, 3600, 3800, 4000 and 4500kW. The only way we could get close would be to take this measure of the citys population (813, 562) and this value for electricity consumption per person (1800 kWh). Not relevant here. UK Government to Announce New Energy Policies, Waking into our new volatile age of oil prices. Random House Canada. Just fit smart controls where their systems draw power from the grid. This record was immediately beaten the following year with another 766 MW being added. [18], In the first week of December 2016, all 150 turbines of the new 600 MW Gemini offshore windfarm began producing power, and the project is expected to be fully commissioned by mid 2017. Julian Turner gets the inside track on the unique collaboration from Michel Kerkhof, account manager at Eneco. In 2006, the Egmond aan Zee Offshore Wind Farm was built, consisting of 36 Vestas V90 3MW turbines, totaling 108 MW, sufficient to light 100,000 houses. Transmission costs of 1.4 eurocent/kWh is to be added as TenneT is required to take power from sea to shore. Does anyone even believe that? But of course even two-thirds of the NS system doesnt run completely on wind power. I paid 1100 Euros/year for a 150 m2 house, at 1000 m altitude on the French alps, heating, hot water, everything included. Bolthouse Farms Sued After Smoothie With 100% Fruit Juice Tests Positive for PFAS, EPA Announces $27 Billion Fund to Help Low-Income and Disadvantaged Communities Transition to Renewable Energy, Derailed Train Cars in Ohio Were Not Labeled Hazardous, Wind Turbine Giant Proposes New York Factory That Would Create 420 Jobs and $500M in Local Investments. This page was last edited on 14 January 2023, at 23:49. The comment about T1s was meant to be a wry tomayto vs tomarto thing which probably didnt work as an explanation of why I get pedantic. Works for me, and they were cheaper than EON too. Wind power from Finland can be discounted. http://www.djtelectricaltraining.co.uk/downloads/50Hz-Frequency.pdf. According to a government web page ( now removed!) Same thing if you got solar panels on your house. (Figure 2: Note the dotted lines showing non-electrified track. Obvious to the meanest intelligence. Deregulation Is Still Wrong for Consumers. (Although Eneco, NSs wind power procurer, claims that its wind farm portfolio guarantees sufficient capacity to cover such eventualities . No direct subsidies from the government are related to this contract.. The energy required to power trains in the Netherlands comes from newly built wind farms in the Netherlands as well as in Belgium and Finland. If thats the case, it marks a major turning point in the story of renewables. Produced at least 14 models of 100. Its worth remembering that data on wind and solar is available here: http://mylly.hopto.me/windineurope/wind_solar_20_countries_raw.zip. Willem, forgive the pedantry, but its the second time you said it. I am surrounded by almost 3000 MWs of hydro power in my county alone, but because of these guarantees of origin my supposed consumption is very dirty, consisting mostly of a central European mix of coal, natural gas, nuclear with some renewables added. Apart from the first rather obvious problems, anyone with the most basic understanding of electrical enrgy, as taught before 16 at school, would immediately know this was a wholly untrue technical assertion., Thats the whole point, Brian There are hardly any people with a basic understanding of electrical energy If most would have an understanding, there would be no renewables at all The whole charade would not even have started in the first place , Just as Otter says above, on different forums, lots of people are claiming Im 100% renewable (because I have a 100% RE contract with Essent, or Lampiris, or Belpower, or ENI, or ), Neither humour (so you got all the wind power this morning, because there was none left for me !, nor hard facts (for the 8-day period 27/12 03/01, that I just took a look at for another discussion, Wind and Solar provided a grand total of 4.6% of all electricity used in Belgium Was that enough for all of them 100% RE contracts ? (my emphasis). 22 May 2018. This has already led to a savings of 1.43 billions kilograms of C02 emissions. Figure 1: The Netherlands generation mix 2000-2013. I happen to know a little about the Dutch grid and its power networks: interconnectors to other countries have long been bottlenecks and monopolising capacity on them has proved to be quite profitable in the past to those who trade electricity in more than one country. As Brightvibes noted, a decreasing and relatively small number of Dutch trains are still running on diesel. RE fans should understand that present mainstream RE technologies ( mostly PV and wind) require considerable real estate and in our small island one cannot travel very far without having a wind farm in view. Once stored, this electricity can be sold to the main power grid, helping the city to top up peak demand, and earning the train company money in the process. (End of excerpt). The Netherlands currently has a total of 2,200 wind turbines across the country, according to DutchNews.nl. At least they are investing in renewable energy. As of the first of January this year, all public transport trains are being powered by renewable energy, namely from wind power. A two-megawatt windmill contains 260 tonnes of steel requiring 170 tonnes of. [2] The Dutch are trying to meet the EU-set target of producing 14% of total energy use from renewable sources by 2020, and 16% by 2023. The Netherland's national railway company, NS, has announced that all of its electric passenger trains are now 100 percent powered by wind energy. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. The wholesale price of GOs seems to be a mere 0.36/MWh or so. It is just another way for RE politicians to bamboozle the lay public and keep the green mythology alive. Wind turbines feed electricity into the grid and the electric company credits them for the electricity. However, everyone must have a contract to be authorized to draw energy from the grid; otherwise it would be stealing. But there is no guarantee that the unfilled demand will be met by renewables, and in any event the 1.2-1.4TWh/year consumed by NS represents barely more than 1% of the Netherlands annual electricity consumption and a totally negligible fraction of European consumption. "Since 1 January, 100% of our trains are running on wind energy," said NS. Their goal was to operate all NS trains on electricity produced by wind turbines by January 2018. And only half of the wind power NS has contracted for comes from the Netherlands. [9] As a first step, the government has determined 65 sites for offshore wind farms in the North Sea and IJsselmeer. More than 12% of the Netherland's electricity is generated from renewable sources, mainly biomass and waste (5% of the total) and wind (7% of the total). In this way, the Dutch railways aim to reduce the greatest negative environmental impact caused by CO2 in such a way that its demand actually contributes to the sustainable power generation in the Netherlands and Europe.. Switch them back on by degrees. So technically, the government is not paying for the FITs.. However, wind power consumption in the Netherlands in 2015 was 12.5TWh, indicating that about 5TWh of wind power was imported during the year. Harried Dutch commuters may not be entirely cognisant of the fact . And of course no such connections exist. [1] In 2019, the wind turbines provided the country with 12% of its electricity demand during the year, a figure that is growing but somewhat below the average of 15% that wind power provides across the whole of the EU's electricity consumption. You know all that and simply fabricate a problem where there is non. Updated [5 February 2019]: Original version of this article attributed this quote to Thomas Homer-Dixon. Dutch trains now run on green, renewable energy (Image courtesy of Groenetrain/NS/Eneco). 5.3M views, 13K likes, 1.3K loves, 1.7K comments, 95K shares, Facebook Watch Videos from BrightVibes: Amazing news! http://electronicdesign.com/power/google-s-renewable-energy-plan-what-it-seems, Telling fibs has become so fashionable that everyone and his train or server wants to be in on it. Our ambition is also to use more of our own resources (buildings, property) to generate sustainable energy. Active 2020. NS Dutch Railways has partnered with energy company Eneco to use its wind. [14] A second hand market for turbines also exists, which could grow as older turbines are replaced by larger newer ones. The Netherlands, aka Windmill Country, is now operating 100 percent of its electric trains with wind energy. As his statements were presented in that meme, Homer-Dixon appeared to have asserted that windmills never produce as much energy as is expended in building them: The quotations selectively employed in the meme were taken from Homer-Dixon's 2009 book Carbon Shift: How Peak Oil and the Climate Crisis Will Change Canada (and Our Lives). Consumers in NL can choose suppliers that deliver 100% renewable, or 100% wind, or 100% dutch generated wind, etc. "Since 1 January, 100% of our trains are running on wind energy," said NS spokesman,. You make one good point here which is that France has cheap electricity but expensive heating. When wind power is fed into a grid it becomes inextricably mixed with all the vibrating electrons from other generation sources to the point where there is no way of knowing where any power taken from the grid came from. Its our offshore coal burn. But its a funny read. The virtue signalling fools at NS might then undertsand the impact of intermittent supplies. This passage was written by David Hughes. "Exploiting wind power in Holland." That is why half of the demand will be sourced from a number of new wind farms in Belgium and Scandinavia, which have been specifically assigned for this contract., http://www.railway-technology.com/features/featuremichel-kerkhof-of-eneco-discusses-the-dutch-rail-networks-renewable-revolution-4647194/. It feels to many like progress. It sharply cut subsidies down to 1.5 billion, leaving private sector to carry over wind turbine investments should these be beneficial.[6]. Thus, all of NE has the same energy mix, i.e., there is not one mix for VT, another for NH, or one mix for the Netherlands, another for Germany. You only have to see their numbersbto know. You bet. Only a small fraction of the power delivered to its trains actually comes from wind.. Such as happened earlier this year in the UK when we had several days of around only 300MW of total metered wind power. Homer-Dixon, Thomas. The role of the third (or conductor) rail is to ensure that the electricity is always directly available, so its installed alongside, or in between, the pair of running rails (Keep an eye out for it when youre next on an underground train). As well as the technological problems discussed in this blog can we afford this destruction of our landscapes pursuing this RE dream. More than wind and solar together right now. I cant help feeling that inexperienced power traders at NS will have been taken to the cleaners at the expense of passengers. The company said all electric trains were now powered by wind energy. This material may not be reproduced without permission. I did not say wind energy is Idiot Power.". NS claims 100% wind power because it has a contract with various wind farms to produce enough energy to power its rail system, but this is just an accounting transaction, writes author Roger Andrews. Its worth noting that it would be pointless to put wind turbines in poor locations, and its trivial, or meaningless, to say that a turbine would never pay back its embedded energy in a poor location. The third that by purchasing wind power that would otherwise have gone elsewhere NS is leaving the door open for more wind projects and more CO2 reductions is the only one that offers any tangible benefits. The concept of net energy must be applied to renewable sources of energy, such as windmills and photovoltaics. There are very little poor people in Germany., http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/high-costs-and-errors-of-german-transition-to-renewable-energy-a-920288.html, The Spiegel FUD wont cut it. Good for Nederlandse Spoorwegen. But none of this wind power is directly connected to the NS rail system. As of October2022[update], wind power in the Netherlands has an installed capacity of 8,304 MW, 29.6% of which is based offshore. They have been working with Eneco, a sustainable energy supplier operating in the Netherlands, for several years. Electricity backed 100% by low-carbon generation, Its also why we make good on our supply promise for homes on our Blue tariffs: well match every unit you use with electricity generated from low-carbon nuclear sources.. The T1 standard relates to telecommunications. Many of the numerous smaller and older wind farms in the Netherlands consist of much smaller turbines compared to those typically deployed today. I am told Biogas is not actually allowed in our pipeline system. French people are bricoleurs they like to build their own house, thanks to the fact that if it has a surface below 175 m2 you dont need to go through an architect, you can do your own building plan. The Nuclear Humanist 1.75K subscribers 40 Dislike Share 814 views Jul 23, 2017 The Dutch Railway Corporation. One wind turbine running for an hour can power a train for 120 miles, the companies said. I guess I could have found something cheaper still if Id looked hard enough. However, this quotation, which comes from an essay written by earth scientist David Hughes, was cherry-picked and presented out of context to create a deliberately misleading version of what the author actually said. When challenged on its claim, NS clarified that only the electrified portion of its system runs completely on wind power. , I am told Biogas is not actually allowed in our pipeline system.. I find that the electrified portion of the Dutch railway network (Nederlandse Spoorwegen, or NS) runs on grid electricity that comes dominantly from fossil fuel generation (natural gas and coal). Produced at least 3 models of outputs 100, 200, 250kW. The largest wind farm in the Netherlands is Noordoostpolder with a capacity of 429 MW. Rather they act like a component in an electric circuit. The Dutch Railways Company NS is the world's first railway company that gets 100% of its energy from wind energy. According to Cleantechnica Started operations 2009. People making this claim are simply propagandists. 1995 - 2023 by Snopes Media Group Inc. That is, a windmill could spin until it falls apart and never generate as much energy as was invested in building it. Wind farmsboth onshore and offshoreare regarded as a key component in renewable energy policy and an important tool in mitigating the risks of climate change. But you seem happy to gloss over the fact that Germanys cheap power comes from coal, nuclear and Russian gas. Electricity is electricity, electron charge transfer. The turbines supply enough energy to power 2.4 million households. World-famous for their picturesque windmills, the Netherlands has always had a love affair with wind energy. Its production also does not use any natural raw materials or food production resources. - YouTube 0:00 / 6:04 Do Dutch trains run on Wind? Under this system the government chooses locations and organizes tenders for projects of 350 MW, and project developers can offer bids for each farm. [21], In November 2011, the Dutch government decided to no longer fund 6 billion per year to maintain subsidized wind kWh at 0.18. Even the two Dutch wind farms with which NS contracts directly for wind power, Noordoostpolder and Luchterduinen, are tied generally to the Dutch grid and not tied directly into the NS rail system. If you want to be generous to NS, you can say that the BritNed interconnector is definitely being fed by the coal fired Maasvlakte power stations when it is delivering 1GW to the UK, because theyre right next door to the HVDC converters. I live in France since 20 years, have almost always used electricity to heat my house and always saved money with respect to the neighbours who used other means. Some of the nations that supply power to NS such as Germany, Belgium, and Finland, do generate wind power, but only in modest amounts. If its a less busy line, some of the electricity is stored in batteries on the train. Hinkley C will have a footprint of 165 acres when operational and an equivalent footprint for onshore windturbines would be from 160,000 to 490,000 acres (dependent on power of turbines available) to produce the same power output over a year. * Just an FYI, this official infographic shows that the scheme saves 1.4 billion kWh of electricity, which they say is the same as whats used by ALL of Amsterdams residents. The city also gets about a third of its power from a large biomass plant. 2009. There are ~40 utilities with sharp price competition in NL. 14 October 2009. [1] [2] [7] The project cost $272 million and is cooperatively owned by Royal Dutch Shell and the Dutch utility company Nuon. EDF was 13.44p but I keep reading comments about how RE fans should take electricity only from PV and wind turbines, so I decided I should do the same. Wheres the renewable engy only socket? Started operation in 2001 and is developing a 6,000kW two blade downwind turbine. I read about them and saw a documentary film about them. Do Dutch trains run on Wind? This is a BETA experience. https://askjaenergy.com/2015/03/23/does-apple-not-want-truly-green-data-centers/. Started operations in 1979. Yeap. In 2020 wind power provided 11.54% of the Dutch electricity generation (see table above) while solar power provided an additional 7.25% for a combined 18.79% - easily meeting the target without taking other renewable sources into account, even though the target for onshore wind capacity was not met. In fact, he allowed that a windmill situated at a good location could pay back the energy costs of creating it in under three years, but that aspect was omitted from the memed version of his quote: The concept of net energy must be applied to renewable sources of energy, such as windmills and photovoltaics. NS claims 100% wind power because it has a contract with various wind farms to produce enough energy to power its rail system, but this is just an accounting transaction, writes author Roger Andrews. Apparently Eneco can make the wind blow to order.). http://www.litgrid.eu/index.php/sistemos-duomenys/79. According to LJ Electrical only 2,231km of NSs total 3,223km of track is electrified): Figure 2: The Netherlands railway network. But lets be real. Everybody should buy only 100% RE. But if youre reading this and thinking How can trains run on electricity?, fear not. So, 1) I didnt write the text, 2) the text itself is selectively quoted, and 3) the argument it makes, taken in isolation, is meaningless. However, it seems officials have been able to beat that goal by an entire year. 15ct/kWh, 100%hydro, no nuclear or gray labeled power bought for pumping. Electric trains also use regenerative braking, similar to whats found in hybrid and electric cars. You may opt-out by. heavyweather~ Im sure you can link us to sites which prove your point. According to Statistics Netherlands, gross electricity generation was approximately 110 billion kilowatthours (BkWh) in 2015. How Dutch and German train and bus firms are taking British taxpayers for a ride, Solar panel researchers investigate powering trains by bypassing grid, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Many small scale wind farms exist throughout the Netherlands which bear testament to earlier models of wind turbines and lesser known manufacturers which provided a range of niche products, ranging in size and power output. Train tickets for international journeys can be purchased from NS International. PV in Germany, and Energiewende in general, will go down in history as a useless waste of money, a financial disaster which will be used for decades to come as a bad example of ideology-driven energy policy. The green electricity we use is generated by new wind farms, which have been brought into service in phases. The Dutch railway folks have PPAs to buy energy only from renewable energy producers, and thus claim, our passenger trains run on renewable energy, but fail to add on a contract basis. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Earlier this week, one of their national railway companies, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), announced that, since 1st January, every single one of its electric trains have been running on energy harvested from wind. For NS to use only wind power from wind farms to power its rail system the wind farms must be connected directly to NSs railways. NS claims 100% wind power because it has a contract with various wind farms to produce enough energy to power its rail system, but this is just an accounting transaction. Grid power in fact reflects the overall generation mix, which in the case of the Netherlands is dominantly gas and coal with only a small contribution from wind. And no facts will ever get in the way of a true believer . All Dutch electric trains are now powered by wind energy, the national railway company NS has said . [3], In March 2022, the Dutch government announced that by 2030 offshore wind was to become the Netherlands' biggest power source, aiming at 21 GW of installed capacity.[4]. [61] A further 228 MW of installed capacity will be added when completed. HomerDixon.com. An extra live rail that has direct current flowing through it at all times. How much of the Netherlands electricity is supplied by wind? The Dutch railways network (NS) started using wind energy generated by the turbines owned by electric company Eneco two years ago when they signed a ten-year agreement. But it really doesnt matter which countries the Finnish wind power passes through on its way to the Netherlands. Its 50Hz in the Netherlands and most of the planet apart from (mainly) the US, Canada and half of Latin America. A book co-edited by Thomas Homer-Dixon contained a passage stating that windmills "might never generate as much energy as was invested in building [them]." Dutch Electric Trains Become 100% Powered By Wind Energy Technology Dutch Electric Trains Become 100% Powered By Wind Energy By Garrett Parker Posted on January 20, 2017 Updated on April 8, 2020 The Netherlands are called the Netherlands because so much of its landscape lies below sea level. You are not really concerned about the energy bills of the poor. This type of fuel is considered to be climate-neutral, as it does not cause CO2 emissions. Eneco has made a point . [37] Other large wind farms are located in Delfzijl-zuid (43 MW),[30] Lelystad (46 MW), Terneuzen, (Koegorspolder, 44 MW), and Biddinghuizen (WP Kubbeweg, 34 MW). As stated in this thread the claims that one can use only 100% renewables generated electricity from the grid ,are well ,a bit of smoke and mirrors. Companies that want to claim that they run on green energy then just have to buy enough GoOs to cover their energy demand. The European high voltage grid connects Finland with Sweden but doesnt go through the Baltic States. Sign up for our email newsletter! Homer-Dixon did not write this viral quote, but he did comment on it in a May 2018 blog post entitled: "No . Whats the trick? Hughes did write that some windmills might not recoup their energy-construction costs, but he didn't assert, as the meme implied, that no windmills will ever generate as much energy as was invested in building them. In total, NS consumes around 1.2 TWh of electricity to power its trains. The GoOs trade at a premium and help to subsidise the production. NS and Eneco first announced their plan of a wind-powered railway in 2015 in order to drastically slash train ride emissions. It's a bit of smoke and mirrors but it helps to subside more expensive forms of generation. A little more than a tenth of all electricity consumed in the Netherlands comes from wind power, some of which is imported. 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