Temporarily, they might even have a surplus to sell. And how does NS justify this lesser claim? There are many reasons, of course, why NS would claim its trains run completely on wind power and even more reasons why many would celebrate this apparently breakthrough. Wheres the renewable engy only socket? Founded in 2004, Produced at least 12 models at 250, 500, 750, 900 and 2000kW. 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. 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? People making this claim are simply propagandists. At near the speed of light, is there such a thing as national or regional energy mix, other than in our habit forming minds? This is a BETA experience. The next largest onshore wind farm is the Westereems wind farm located in Eemshaven in Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands. The ns also solved the issue of delayed trains by changing the defenition of delay from 3 minutes to 5 minutes. All renewable energy gets paid the FIT out of the so-called SDE budget. 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. It seems that NS may be outsourcing costs as well as power. Obvious to the meanest intelligence. Whats the trick? The construction of these wind farms along with others in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Finland helped NS and Eneco to hit their target so far ahead of schedule. It seems small compared with our renewables subsidies in the UK, which are of the order fo 150-450 times as big per MWh. At this point, total Dutch wind power generation is about 7.4 billion kWh annually. Its standard accounting practice. Whilst there are a growing number of large onshore wind farms in Holland, most of the onshore farms in 2015 consisted of a large number of small wind farms, including many single installation turbines as well as farms of between 110 turbines. It goes back to the start of 2016, and includes the Netherlands as well as Belgium and the Nordic countries (and Germany) that NS claim to be supplied by. * 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. Stuart Thatd give us a consumption figure for the city of around 1.5 billion kWh. That means electrons traveling across international borders to help power the NS railway system come in some amount from wind power, but in much larger amounts from non-wind sources. [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]. The Harried Dutch commuters who are travelling on one of the most environmentally friendly rail networks in the whole of Europe, if not the world are being sold a bill of goods. Claims that Dutch trains running entirely on wind power are way off track. These sites are also surveyed centrally by the government allowing developers to avoid costly and multiple surveys.[11]. 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. This energy is directly traceable to individual wind farms, because we use the GVO European Certification System. Since Lithuania has a chronic power shortage the flow normally goes North-South. 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. 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. Where I post my arguments on various things climate-related, belief that a 100% renewable-powered train can and does exist is ubiquitous. TL;DR Dutch trains run on natural gas and coal power, not wind power. According to a government web page ( now removed!) 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. How much of the Netherlands electricity is supplied by wind? Everyone drawing energy from the grid is equal, on a physical basis. However, early successes in rolling out the clean energy program . 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. Started operation in 2001 and is developing a 6,000kW two blade downwind turbine. Especially since there are no green electrons. 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/. However, wind power consumption in the Netherlands in 2015 was 12.5TWh, indicating that about 5TWh of wind power was imported during the year. As Enecos account manager Michel Kerkhof pointed out, the key objective is to avoid procuring energy from the limited existing number of sustainable energy projects in the Netherlands, thus promoting renewable growth both domestically and Europe-wide., This partnership ensures that new investments can be made in even newer wind farms, which will increase the share of renewable energy, Kerkhof continued. HomerDixon.com. They arent directly powered by wind. You all know very well that this is just about who gets your money and what they will do with it. Eneco has made a point . The fun would be that trains would soon be blocking the lines as power production fell. Since 1 January, 100% of our trains are running on wind energy. According to DutchNews.nl, there's currently a total of 2,200 wind turbines across the country. Active 2016. Updated [5 February 2019]: Original version of this article attributed this quote to Thomas Homer-Dixon. The best of EcoWatch right in your inbox. Harried Dutch commuters may not be entirely cognisant of the fact . Works for me, and they were cheaper than EON too. Their goal was to operate all NS trains on electricity produced by wind turbines by January 2018. Really funny, as it cuts it both ways when you dont know reality and cant speak French you have to believe what you find on the English writing interwebs or the greenpiss propaganda leaflets. It is 100% powered by electric. Good for saving valuable hydrocarbons for something more useful than burning them, and they really can supply all my electricity 24/7 that way. Wind power now supplies about 10% of Belgiums electricity, so power imported from the Belgian grid will be about 10% wind. The fund is paid for by adding a surcharge to household electricity bills. Overhead wires are best suited to tram and intercity services, whereas the more compact third rail option is preferred for underground trains. Produced at least 12 models of 2000, 4000, 4500, and 5000kW. [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. 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. There are very little poor people in Germany. [16], In March 2018 the Dutch government announced that it will build between 2023 and 2030 several new windfarms with a total installed capacity of 7 gigawatt. OK, these days its less than the bandwidth to your mobile, but mumble years ago it was the real deal. [2] [6] The wind park was developed off the coast of IJmuiden by Econcern and Eneco Energie, at a total cost of $522.3 million.[6]. All day so far. With this, offshore wind energy makes an important contribution to achieving the increased climate target of 55% less CO2-emissions. Apparently Eneco can make the wind blow to order.). Since 1 January, 100% of our trains are running on wind energy, said NS spokesman, Ton Boon. [14] A second hand market for turbines also exists, which could grow as older turbines are replaced by larger newer ones. NS operates about 5,500 train trips a day. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. However the electricity is delivered to the train, once its there, it is used to power lights, and air-conditioning, as well as the traction motors, which are what turn the trains wheels. A little more than a tenth of all electricity consumed in the Netherlands comes from wind power, some of which is imported. Heres a fantasy as to how Nederlandse Spoorwegen could make their claims of only using wind power a reality. In total, NS consumes around 1.2 TWh of electricity to power its trains. The green electricity we use is generated by new wind farms, which have been brought into service in phases. Active 2020. [62], Installed land-based wind capacity (MW) by. Overall, the Netherlands has over 2,000 wind turbines spread across the country. Does anyone even believe that? 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. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com. Dutch trains now run on green, renewable energy (Image courtesy of Groenetrain/NS/Eneco). This text is selectively excerpted from a chapter written by David Hughes in Carbon Shift (2009), a book I co-edited. 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. Still don't like the disingenious advertisement thought. I would take it, then, that you are not among the poor and elderly who DO give a fig about money? For example, in 2015, Burlington, Vermont, became the first city to announce it was running totally on renewable power. Half of that total is expected to come from foreign sources in Scandinavia and elsewhere, with the rest generated in the Netherlands. "Since 1 January, 100% of our trains are running on wind energy," said NS. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. 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See the table below for the current situation. Were starting to see this ploy more often in recent years. [10] [11] [12], 2015 The US city of Philadelphia has taken regenerative braking to a new level though. There are several Dutch turbine manufacturers that continue to manufacture both large and small installations for domestic and international clients. Bach supplies data for Belgium, which should be a close analogy, and Figure 4 shows Belgian wind generation for September 2014: Figure 4: Belgian wind generation, September 2014, With an installed capacity of around 1850MW in this month the overall wind capacity factor was 11% and there were a number of occasions on which wind generation fell effectively to zero for hours on end. According to Statistics Netherlands, gross electricity generation was approximately 110 billion kilowatthours (BkWh) in 2015. You only have to see their numbersbto know. Only a small fraction of the power delivered to its trains actually comes from wind.. (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. Eneco and NS said on a joint website that around 600,000 passengers daily are the first in the world to travel thanks to wind energy. https://askjaenergy.com/2015/03/23/does-apple-not-want-truly-green-data-centers/. Some of the nations that supply power to NS such as Germany, Belgium, and Finland, do generate wind power, but only in modest amounts. UK Government to Announce New Energy Policies, Waking into our new volatile age of oil prices. 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]." The city also gets about a third of its power from a large biomass plant. (Figure 2: Note the dotted lines showing non-electrified track. Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Ad Meskens. According to Thomas Homer-Dixon, wind turbines never recoup the energy it takes to build them. 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. When you dont know reality and cant speak German you have to believe what you find on the English writing interwebs . The pickup shoes do occasionally lose contact anyway, albeit very briefly, at track junctions. Supply from all generators is monitored in any case, all youd have to do is add up the How it then gets used depends on the city were in. At a good wind site, the energy payback day could be in three years or less; in a poor location, energy payback may be never. First some details on the Netherlands electricity sector. 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. As Cleantechnica puts it: the GoO system allows for the transfer of the rights to call electricity green from those who actually generate renewable energy to those who dont but want to classify their power as such. 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. Homer-Dixon did not write this viral quote, but he did comment on it in a May 2018 blog post entitled: "No . The farm was dismantled after 22 years service in 2016. More than wind and solar together right now. I have no wind records for the Netherlands but P.F. [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. I see the logic behind the options for supply that can be taken, but how can any householder take a contract for 100% wind power when often this is not available, certainly if a large number opt for green power. The best of EcoWatch, right in your inbox. But you seem happy to gloss over the fact that Germanys cheap power comes from coal, nuclear and Russian gas. A little more than a tenth of all electricity consumed in the Netherlands comes from wind power, some of which is imported. It sharply cut subsidies down to 1.5 billion, leaving private sector to carry over wind turbine investments should these be beneficial.[6]. It is a special fund used by the Dutch government to make investments in renewable energy profitable. If it was based on the former there would a strong possibility that these companies could be oversubscribed with customers who may not receive true renewable energy when the wind does not blow. And meanwhile the Netherlands electrified railways continue to be powered dominantly by fossil fuel electricity. 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. But how does NS know the power it imports is wind? The virtue signalling fools at NS might then undertsand the impact of intermittent supplies. In an anything goes era of news and social media, its not often that a post jumps off the page. The new Zuidwester site at the wind farm will have just 12 turbines and a total nameplate capacity of 90 MW. The wind farm's 86 wind turbines will produce 1.4 billion kWh of electricity, enough. This record was immediately beaten the following year with another 766 MW being added. 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. The electrons essentially vibrate in place at 60 Hz. To aver otherwise displays ignorance or deception. When challenged on its claim, NS clarified that only the electrified portion of its system runs completely on wind power. Gimme a break. Knew this was BS from the headline. Instead of trains recovering energy for their own use, any excess power is directed to a centralized bank of lithium-ion batteries. Over the course of this year the average will be around 11%, equal to wind powers share of the Netherlands annual grid electricity consumption. heavyweather~ Im sure you can link us to sites which prove your point. What happens where there is insufficient wind for the required duration to powerup the batteries? Thanks for the correction Lars. http://www.sciencealert.com/all-electric-trains-in-the-netherlands-are-now-100-powered-by-wind-energy. Homer-Dixon, Thomas. If the train line is a busy one, with small gaps between scheduled trains, the electricity produced by one helps to power the very next one that comes along. In total there were 3,004 MW of onshore wind power at the end of 2015. All Dutch electric trains are now powered by wind energy, the national railway company NS has said . Our ambition is also to use more of our own resources (buildings, property) to generate sustainable energy. Random House Canada. 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). Per Physics 101, once electricity is fed into the grid it travels, as electromagnetic waves, at near the speed of light on un-insulated wires, i.e. Indirect Contributions Are Essential To Physics, The Crisis In Theoretical Particle Physics Is Not A Moral Imperative, Why Study Science? 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. However, the government wants 40% of the total electricity used in 2030 in the Netherlands to be supplied by wind. Wind contributes 4,117MW, representing 13% of the capacity mix. Deregulation Is Still Wrong for Consumers. 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. Heating with electricity is their homemade problem that escalates bills for the poor with no alternative. Windmills have historically played a major part in the Netherlands by providing an alternative to water driven mills. Whats the trick? What is SDE? This is about two-thirds of the system. That would power a large proportion of all of the households in Amsterdam**. NS is the main public train in the Netherlands. Same thing if you got solar panels on your house. These were often manufactured by lesser known wind turbine manufacturers, sometimes producing innovative products such as the Nedwind 2 blade turbine. Well, it actually claims that only the electrified portion runs on 100% wind. A two-megawatt windmill contains 260 tonnes of steel requiring 170 tonnes of. Often only 100% renewable utilities are allowed to participate in the auctions. There is, however, a problem. The European high voltage grid connects Finland with Sweden but doesnt go through the Baltic States. It becomes inextricably mixed with all the electromagnetic waves of the other. Blunt, Elizabeth. 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. As of the first of January this year, all public transport trains are being powered by renewable energy, namely from wind power. The point about this is that it is just PR. One such example is the largest wind farm in Holland, Noordoostpolder, which is installing industrial scale wind turbines such as the new Enercon onshore wind turbines, at the time the largest onshore turbines in the world rated at 7500kW nameplate capacity. 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. Acquired by Lagerway in 1998. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. [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). A NS train. Half of this electricity comes from the Netherlands, and the other half is imported from Sweden, Finland, and Belgium. The electrons that run the electrified portion of the NS system come from many sources, including wind, but also from coal, natural gas, and nuclear. And half of Japan, poor devils. "Exploiting wind power in Holland." power for over 400,000 households every day, a figure roughly equivalent to the number of households in the Northern Netherlands.[13]. The Trains that run on Wind - BBC News 18,865 views Oct 17, 2017 This year, Dutch commuters ditched fossil fuels to power their country's trains on 100% wind energy - and it's a grand. 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. 5.3M views, 13K likes, 1.3K loves, 1.7K comments, 95K shares, Facebook Watch Videos from BrightVibes: Amazing news! 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. The company is also looking for a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Probably not. Willem, forgive the pedantry, but its the second time you said it. Electric trains also use regenerative braking, similar to whats found in hybrid and electric cars. [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. Such as happened earlier this year in the UK when we had several days of around only 300MW of total metered wind power. In late 2015, the Dutch government announced its goal to power the country's electric trains entirely with wind power by 2018. "Since 1 January, 100% of our trains are running on wind energy," said NS spokesman, Ton . 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). "So we in fact reached our goal a year earlier than planned," spokesman Ton Boon told AFP. 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. The real electricity they use is of course no more or less green than other companies on the same grid use. Wind turbines feed electricity into the grid and the electric company credits them for the electricity. The 50 Hz, with 3000 RPM generators in Europe, may be due to various reasons, Here is an explanation. By Adele Peters 1 minute Read A single. The evidence speaks for itself. Roger, that map isn`t quite updated. 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. The concept of net energy must be applied to renewable sources of energy, such as windmills and photovoltaics. For offshore wind a new system of tendering is under development. Three strikes. The turbines supply enough energy to power 2.4 million households. The largest wind farm in the Netherlands is Noordoostpolder with a capacity of 429 MW. If NS consumes an amount of gray electricity, than other consumers who pay for gray electricity will get same amount of wind electricity mixed in their gray electricity. Rather they act like a component in an electric circuit. The commercials know that the public will probably think that the commercial parties are spending out of the goodness of their hearts, to save the planet. Of course, weve seen headlines of this type before. You may opt-out by. So we in fact reached our goal a year earlier than planned, said Boon, adding that an increase in the number of wind farms across the country and off the coast of the Netherlands had helped NS achieve its aim. NS consumes 1.2 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity each year, which is the equivalent of 1% of the Netherlands' electricity consumption, or the total electricity consumption of all the households in Amsterdam. These systems are found on underground trains in Los Angeles, Auckland and Buenos Aires, among others. 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. Illustration So the standard is that 100% renewable utilities buy or produce same amount of 100% renewable electricity they sell. The national railway company, NS, said that its renewables target had been met a year earlier than planned. 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). 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