Jan 13 2005
BP today announced that it has begun construction of a nine megawatt (mw) wind farm at its oil terminal in the port of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The project will have capacity to provide sufficient electricity for some 5,000 Dutch homes and displace 5,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide. It is due to be completed in the first half of 2005.
Eric Bakker, BP's Director of Wind Energy, said:
"This project is a good example of BP's wind strategy which is to focus on brownfield opportunities on our own operational sites. This enables us to lower environmental impact and to make good use of land already being used for industrial purposes. We have done this successfully at our jointly owned 22.5 mw wind farm at the Nerefco refinery, near Rotterdam, and now look forward to repeating our success with our new project in Amsterdam. We will also continue to look at opportunities to develop similar projects on other sites as part of our overall efforts to help meet growing customer demand for cleaner energy."
"The Amsterdam wind project will consist of three wind turbines supplied by Vestas, one of the world’s leading manufactures of wind turbines. Each turbine will be capable of generating three megawatts of electricity, the largest yet to be ordered for the Dutch market. The electricity will be sold into the Dutch grid.
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