Tag: ENERGY TRANSITION
Windmills near Soesterberg? Divided municipal council of Soest must now choose
If there is no joint plan for Eemland in a month, the province will decide where the wind turbines should be located. Councilors from the seven municipalities believe it is…
Eemland residents want to manage A28 wind turbines themselves: ‘Control over our environment must be restored’
Soesterberg/Leusden – Wind turbines are certainly not popular in the region. But Mark Goedkoop from Leusden and Allart Goekoop from Soest see the benefits. They represent at least a thousand…
Action against wind turbines near Soesterberg, but alderman has a painful message: ‘That point has already passed’
Councilor Aukje Treep (GGS) could not reassure the opponents. According to her, it is no longer realistic to expect that the wind turbines will be wiped off the map. “The…
Pension stable Eemnes does not want a windmill from Baarn: ‘Horses are flight animals, this causes a lot of stress’
The customers who care for their horses at the stables agree with Van Daatselaar. Horses are sensitive animals, and the fear is that the stimuli caused by the sound, the…
Two mega solar fields should keep wind turbines away from Eemnes
The most important location is the Zuidpolder, Ten Have explained to the council committee. According to the province of Utrecht, two large wind turbines can fit in that area, but…
Overvecht-Noord is not gas-free after all, Eneco is pulling the plug on the heating network
Since 2021, Eneco has been investigating, together with the municipality of Utrecht, whether a heating network was an affordable, reliable and sustainable option to wean the district off gas. “Its…
The Province of Utrecht wants to become a shareholder of Stedin
In the coming years, the grid operator must prepare the overloaded electricity grid for the future. The province says it wants to contribute to this, but is also happy to…
Surprise and anger about wind turbine ultimatum in the province of Utrecht: municipalities oppose plans
Woerden in particular is one of the municipalities that is sympathetic when it comes to the generation of wind energy. A majority of the municipal council wants to investigate whether…
‘Save, generate and store’ is how Eemnessers want to switch to sustainable energy
“Energy you save does not have to be generated.” That is one of the clear pieces of advice that a group of Eemnessers gives to the municipality. The so-called citizens’…
Utrecht relaxes rules for solar panels on monuments: ‘Consciously push the boundaries’
Moreover, more municipalities have recently decided to relax the rules for installing solar panels on monuments and in protected cityscapes. This happened in the municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug, but also…