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Darwind poised to lead the Duch comeback as a nation of superior Windmill builders
Windmills, Bicycles, and efficient Public transportation have given the Netherlands a green reputation. But that image is deceptive. Some 100 years ago there were over 10,000 windmills in the Netherlands. Today this long tradition of building windmills as a source of inexpensive energy has just about disappeared. The major windmill producing giants in Europe can now be found in Germany, Denmark and Spain.
When it comes to producing energy from alternative resources, such as wind power, the Dutch now seem to have the reputation of having the tendency to just talk and talk, but are not too good at decision making. Case in point, after the German energy giant RWE said it wanted to invest €6bn in five major off shore wind parks in the Netherlands by 2020, supplying green power to around 2.5 million households, the deal soured because of confusion around subsidies by the government.
Darwind Holding BV, a new Dutch company based in Utrecht is poised to take the Netherlands back to its historic leadership role in the windmill industry. Vincent van den Brekel, Managing Director of Darwind is convinced that his company can become a major global player as a full service supplier to the offshore wind energy sector. "Our next generation high yield boosting turbine design offers potential customers output at a significantly improved economic return with minimum maintenance downtime", says den Berkel. By next year Darwind expects to have a prototype of their new advanced wind turbine operating. They plan to go into full production in 2011.
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