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| Evelop and Ballast Nedam to develop offshore wind farm Rijkswaterstaat Noordzee announced that the permit application, including the EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment ) submitted by Evelop International and Ballast Nedam Concessies (Concessions) for the offshore wind farm Scheveningen Buiten has been approved. This gives the partnership Evelop and Ballast Nedam Concessies the exclusive right to develop Scheveningen Buiten. The wind farm, which will be built outside the 12-mile zone off Scheveningen (approximately 30 km from the coast), is expected to be finished by 2011. Econcern subsidiary Evelop now has approximately 2200 MW of capacity in its offshore wind pipeline. In the North Sea the 120 MW Q7 park is expected to be operational in March 2008. Scira, in the Wash near Sheringham, within the British 12-mile zone, will generate 315 MW. Full approvals and financial close are planned in 2007. It also expects to be awarded the concession for Belwind on the BlighBank (46 km off the Belgian coast) in the second quarter of 2007. Belwind will generate 330 MW. Ballast Nedam Concessies is involved in developing new offshore wind farms in several European countries. Acquiring the exclusive rights for Scheveningen Buiten is therefore an important milestone in its ambition to become one of the leading forces in designing offshore wind farms. In 2006, the parent company Ballast Nedam was responsible for building the first Dutch offshore wind farm in the North Sea at Egmond aan Zee. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |