It probably has a lower calorific value, a greater CO2 content (up to 30%/40% from some sources), and your local regs may insist it be odourised. You bet. 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Can Renewable Portfolio Standards make RE Work? Hughes didn't make that statement of all windmills, and he allowed that some could recoup their construction costs in three years or less. 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. The rationale is: If the Dutch railways sourced 100% of the 1.4 tWh of energy they needed each year from within the Netherlands, this would decrease availability and increase prices of green power for other parties. They have been working with Eneco, a sustainable energy supplier operating in the Netherlands, for several years. In total, NS consumes around 1.2 TWh of electricity to power its trains. The farm consists of 43 Vestas V112 turbines of 3 MW capacity each. The rest is supplied by wind and solar power, which contribute about a fifth of the citys power. In contrast to onshore wind farms, almost all turbines by January 2017 were situated in just a few large wind farms. As of January 1, all trains in the Netherlands now run entirely on wind power (that is to say electricity generated by wind farms, not masts and sails). The green electricity we use is generated by new wind farms, which have been brought into service in phases. I am laughing. The supply of wind power to the Dutch grid will also not be constant. A NS train. http://www.euanmearns.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/interconnectors.png. Ive included a (slightly-edited) mini-excerpt from my recent book, Science and the City, to explain: Electric locomotives dont have conventional engines. wind power in the Netherlands generates 7.4 billion kWh (7.4TWh) of electricity annually, and according to BP the Netherlands total electricity generation in 2015 was 109.6TWh. Supply from all generators is monitored in any case, all youd have to do is add up the Fossil fuel-fired power plants produced over 80% of the electricity in the Netherlands, mainly natural gas (42%) and coal (35%). 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. 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. The Dutch government is looking to ramp up the nations share of renewable energy from 4 percent in 2014 to 16 percent in 2023. Their goal was to operate all NS trains on electricity produced by wind turbines by January 2018. Apparently Eneco can make the wind blow to order.). 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. As of October2022[update], wind power in the Netherlands has an installed capacity of 8,304 MW, 29.6% of which is based offshore. Switch them back on by degrees. As of the 1st of January, 2017, electric Dutch trains are now completely powered by wind energy, according to NS, the national railway company. 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). 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. According to Thomas Homer-Dixon, wind turbines never recoup the energy it takes to build them. 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. During these periods wind generation in the neighboring Netherlands would also have fallen to low levels. simply use the smart technology to cut them off until their consumption matches the wind farms output. See the table below for the current situation. So I know that its true, just as if I had read it in the Guardian. What is SDE? This is hardly enough to make a big deal about. 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. if any Finnish electron reaches Netherlands most likely it goes via Baltic states, Poland and Germany. Consumers in NL can choose suppliers that deliver 100% renewable, or 100% wind, or 100% dutch generated wind, etc. 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. 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. UK Government to Announce New Energy Policies, Waking into our new volatile age of oil prices. Since 2017 , 100% of Dutch electric trains have been powered by wind energy. The Dutch government is looking to ramp up the nation's share of renewable energy from 4 percent in 2014 to 16 percent in 2023. [10] [11] [12], 2015 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. Everybody should buy only 100% RE. Either figure comfortably exceeds the amount of electricity NS uses to power its electric trains, which is variously quoted as either 1.2 or 1.4TWh/year. When the train doesn't run, NS schedules buses instead. The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. Offsets. Do the Netherlands trains really run on http://elering.ee/cross-border-physical-flows/, http://ast.lv/eng/power_system/current_situation_in_power_system/state_of_power_system/, http://www.litgrid.eu/index.php/sistemos-duomenys/79, Antidotes were hard to find this week as one cheering message after another was debunked only Positive News was buoyant | C 3000: antidote to gloom, International Energy Agency Electricity Production Statistics for OECD Countries 2014 2016 | Blogging about energy and transitioning to clean energy, Drone Strike on Saudi Arabia Knocks out 5% of Global Oil Supplies, Grazing, desertification and climate change. This is a BETA experience. from northern Maine to southern Florida, about 1800 miles in 0.01 second. But you can arrange for a proxy burn of biogas in another state, say Colorado, and buy the rights to say you consumed it. I cant help feeling that inexperienced power traders at NS will have been taken to the cleaners at the expense of passengers. Consumer unions help by auctioning for grouped members. Since 1 January, 100% of our trains are running on wind energy. Of course, weve seen headlines of this type before. This energy is directly traceable to individual wind farms, because we use the GVO European Certification System. That's something. Because Eneco, which contracts to supply NS with wind power, gets a Guarantee of Origin from the exporter under which the exporter confirms that the power came from wind and assigns the rights to it to NS. 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. Railway Gazette reports that NS records about 1.2 million passenger-journeys per day, with an annual energy requirement for 1.2 billion kWh. Julian Turner gets the inside track on the unique collaboration from Michel Kerkhof, account manager at Eneco. 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). Electricity is electricity, electron charge transfer. As of January 1, all electric passenger trains on the Dutch rail network have been run on wind energy, according to a statement from operator NS (via EcoWatch ). The electrons vibrate at 60 cycles per second, 60 Hz, and travel at less than 0.1 inch/second. If a energy supply company contracts with a renewable provider ( I am not including nuclear sources) would it be based on the installed power of the wind farms or a capacity factor adjusted power capabilities? heavyweather~ Im sure you can link us to sites which prove your point. But of course even two-thirds of the NS system doesnt run completely on wind power. Wind contributes 4,117MW, representing 13% of the capacity mix. 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. I have no wind records for the Netherlands but P.F. Yeap. So that is coal fired power not going into the Netherlands grid. And no facts will ever get in the way of a true believer . 2015 was a record year for the countrys wind industry according to the Global Wind Energy Council, turbines capable of generating 586 MW of electricity were installed between January and December. If you would like to know more, click here. Were starting to see this ploy more often in recent years. [61], In 2008, a second, somewhat larger offshore wind farm was built: the Princess Amalia Wind Farm, consisting of 60 Vestas V80 2MW turbines totaling 120 MW, sufficient to power 125,000 homes and help the Netherlands cut 225,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. I have caught people several times in their lectures saying they are burning biogas on a campus, and they always are sheepish when I call them out on it, because they know they are fibbing. 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. It is a pity that they are allowing so many onshore/offshore wind turbines to blight our green and pleasant land and sea. The two Dutch wind farms that have contracted to sell power to NS (Noordoostpolder and Luchterduinen) are both connected directly to the Dutch grid, along with all the other power plants in the country, and NS draws its power from the grid: Figure 3: The Netherlands' electricity grid. (CONTINUED), London Underground trains use two conductor rails to manage their electricity needs (Image courtesy [+] of BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images), In all cases, this regenerated electricity can be returned to the power line via the conductor rail. Were these conditions to repeat themselves now, and if NSs trains were powered exclusively by wind, they would almost certainly come to a halt. [14] A second hand market for turbines also exists, which could grow as older turbines are replaced by larger newer ones. 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. That is, a windmill could spin until it falls apart and never generate as much energy as was invested in building it. The ns also solved the issue of delayed trains by changing the defenition of delay from 3 minutes to 5 minutes. Since 2019, the buses have been powered by HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) made from processed deep fryer oil and industrial fats. Do the claims about Netherlands trains also require further explanation? 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. And how does NS justify this lesser claim? Up until the Westereems Wind Park was commissioned the largest onshore wind farm was the Princess Alexia Windpark in Zeewolde (122MW),[36] consisting of 36 REpower turbines and a 3.2MW/33MWh battery storage power station of BMW i3 batteries. 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