Tag: Solar
Local residents challenge the permit for the Voordaan solar park: carelessness and fear of nuisance
Residents of Lindenlaan objected to the judge against the permit granted for the solar field, which should be located in the meadows between their garden and the A27 motorway, approximately…
Local school boards move PA Day because of solar eclipse
Local school boards are joining others across the province in rescheduling a professional activity day in April due to safety concerns about the total solar eclipse. Article content The PA…
Utrecht champions solar panels, but overcrowded power grid threatens construction plans: what to do?
The key question immediately arises: is a ‘blackout’ lurking, a long-term, widespread power outage in the province? “In the most extreme case, that could be possible, but that is what…
Record number of solar panels connected to Utrecht’s electricity grid
According to the grid operator, a record number of solar panels have been installed in the provinces of Utrecht, Zeeland and South Holland, where Stedin is active. They connected 145,000…
Producer bankrupt, what should happen next with the solar panel cycle path in Maartensdijk?
Ex-director Arian de Bondt is disappointed that SolaRoad had to pull the plug on the project as of January 1, 2024. “We discovered that there is no money to be…
Company behind ‘longest solar panel cycle path in the world’ in Maartensdijk bankrupt
Maartensdijk – The company behind the solar panel cycle path in Maartensdijk is bankrupt. In 2021, that cycle path was opened with much fanfare, but now the SolaRoad company has…
Enbridge proposes solar power, battery storage project in Dawn-Euphemia
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Enbridge wants to build a solar electricity generation and battery storage project to help power its large natural gas storage and compressor station in…
Solar energy along highways: more and more Utrecht municipalities are coming up with plans
Province of Utrecht – There are more and more plans for solar panels along highways in the province. Municipalities work together with Rijkswaterstaat, the province and each other. Baarn, Bunschoten,…
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…
Church of Sweden: We need solar cells to meet the climate goal
The Church of Sweden has set a goal that renewable electricity, such as that via solar cells, should correspond to a third of the organization’s electricity use by the year…