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Joint press release Econcern- Eneco 04-06-2008
Princess Amalia Wind Farm officially opened
IJmuiden, 4 June 2008 - Today Econcern and Eneco have opened the
Netherlands's largest offshore wind farm. At this festive event, the
wind farm (previously known as Q7) was renamed to "Princess Amalia
Wind Farm", after Princess Catharina-Amalia, the eldest daughter of
Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima. This cleanest power plant
supplies approximately 435 GWh of power, which is sufficient to
provide 125,000 Dutch households with renewable energy.
Jeroen de Haas, chairman of the Board of Management of Eneco: "For
Eneco, the realisation of this wind farm represents an important
milestone in our sustainable strategy. In the next coming years Eneco
will invest substantially in sustainable energy, a significant part of
which will go to wind energy at sea. For the Netherlands the Princess
Amalia Wind Farm is a good step towards the 6,000 MW of wind energy at
the North Sea which should make a substantial contribution to
achieving the Dutch energy and climate objectives."
Ad van Wijk, chairman of the Board of Management of Econcern: "We have
a clear strategy: we construct a new wind farm at sea every year. The
opening of this wind farm is a good start. And naturally wind energy
at sea is not the only winning technique, the sea offers many other
possibilities for generating energy. By using 9% of the North Sea, we
can provide clean power to all the surrounding countries. This
contributes to accomplishing our mission: a sustainable energy supply
for everyone."
About Princess Amalia Wind Farm
The 60 wind turbines of 2 MW each are situated 23 kilometres from the
coast in block Q7 off IJmuiden, in a water depth of 19 to 24 metres.
Princess Amalia Wind Farm is thereby not only the world's largest wind
farm outside the "12 mile zone", but also located the furthest from
the coast and constructed in the deepest water. Yearly the wind farm
supplies approximately 435 GWh of electricity, which is sufficient to
provide 125,000 Dutch households with electricity and to avoid 225,000
ton of CO2 emissions.
Princess Amalia Wind Farm is the first offshore wind farm on the basis
of so-called `non recourse' project financing. This means that the
involved banks, Dexia, Rabobank and BNP Paribas, trust that the income
generated by the wind farm will completely cover the interest and
instalments, without the requiring additional guarantees from the
shareholders. This is an important milestone in the worldwide
development of offshore wind farms.
About Econcern
Econcern's mission is `a sustainable energy supply for everyone'.
Econcern consists of operating companies Ecofys, Ecostream, Evelop and
Ecoventures. Together they deliver unique projects, innovative
products and services for a sustainable energy supply. Econcern
employs more than 1000 professionals in 20 countries across the world
and ranked 234th in Business Week's list of Europe's fastest growing
companies.
About Eneco
Eneco (http://corporatenl.Eneco.nl) is one of the three leading energy
companies in The Netherlands. Eneco applies an integrated distribution
strategy and specializes in the production, transmission, trading,
supply and metering of energy (electricity, gas and heat) and related
products and services. Eneco is making a transition to a sustainable
energy company and will invest substantially in sustainable energy the
next coming years. In total Eneco serves approximately two million
business and domestic customers. Eneco employs approximately 5,300
people who are mainly located in the Zuid-Holland and Utrecht
provinces. The head office is located in Rotterdam.
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