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Dutch Renewables About Face Towards Nuclear

February 13, 2011 by Willem Post
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The Borssele Nuclear Power Station, Borssele, The Netherlands, capacity 485 MW, output 3,625 GWh/yr, started producing power in 1973. It has a pressurized water reactor, PWR, similar to other nuclear plants in the US. It is the only nuclear power plant in the Netherlands.  Areva, a French company, reprocesses the spent... [read more]

Siemens To Build 435MW Gas-fired Plant In Netherlands

April 19, 2010 by Michael Davidson
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Siemens Energy has received an order from Dutch utility Nuon, a subsidiary of Vattenfall, for construction of the 435MW Hemweg 9 combined cycle power plant in the Netherlands. Siemens will supply the gas turbine, the steam turbine, the generator and the entire electrical equipment and I&C system. The start of commercial operation... [read more]

Dutch pursue idea of cross-country road pricing

November 16, 2009 by Tyler Hamilton
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Scrap all road taxes. Scrap all vehicle taxes. Instead, charge people for every kilometre they drive, when the drive, and where they drive. That’s what the Dutch are promising to have in place by 2012. Of course, the idea of road tolling and congestion charging isn’t entirely new. We’ve seen it on a smaller scale in cities such as... [read more]