NOP Agrowind CV

NOP Agrowind CV is a Dutch renewable-energy company structured as a cooperative (CV) and based in the Noordoostpolder, a large reclaimed polder in the province of Flevoland along the IJsselmeer. The company owns and operates Windpark NOP Agrowind, a 26-turbine onshore wind farm sited on land and along the Westermeerdijk and Noordermeerdijk dikes. The project was initiated by local farmers who live and work along those dikes, making it an unusually community-rooted energy venture rather than a purely utility-driven development. The wind farm has an installed capacity of 195 MW, with each of the 26 turbines rated at 7.5 MW. In an average wind year the park produces nearly 600 million kWh of clean electricity, enough to supply roughly 190,000 households, and it is credited with an annual CO2 saving of 327,800 tonnes. Construction began in 2013 after a long preparatory period that stretched back to the early 1990s, and the park was completed in spring 2017, with its official opening held on 2 June 2017. It is now in its operational phase. Windpark NOP Agrowind is one component of the wider Windpark Noordoostpolder, which comprises 86 turbines both on land and in water. The company's identity is closely tied to Dutch sustainable-energy policy and to the agricultural community that conceived it, and it contributes to the Netherlands' renewable electricity supply. Its public presence is maintained through its website, nopagrowind.nl.

The origins of NOP Agrowind CV lie in the early 1990s, when farmers living and working along the Westermeerdijk and Noordermeerdijk in the Noordoostpolder began exploring the possibility of developing a wind farm on their land. These early initiatives marked the start of a long period of preparation, planning, permitting and negotiation that would span roughly two decades. Construction of the wind farm finally began in 2013. A large share of the turbines was placed on land belonging to the initiators who participate in the project, reflecting the cooperative structure of the venture. The build was completed in the spring of 2017, and the official opening took place on 2 June 2017. Since then the park has entered its operational phase. Its 26 turbines, each rated at 7.5 MW for a combined 195 MW, generate nearly 600 million kWh in an average wind year, enough to power almost 190,000 households, and deliver an annual CO2 reduction of 327,800 tonnes. Windpark NOP Agrowind forms part of the broader Windpark Noordoostpolder, which totals 86 turbines on land and in water, positioning the company within one of the Netherlands' larger renewable-energy complexes.

• 2017

  Wind farm completed in spring; official opening on 2 June 2017.

• 2013

  Construction of Windpark NOP Agrowind starts.

• 1990

  Early initiatives by local farmers to develop a wind farm begin.

Community-rooted Dutch wind-energy cooperative contributing to national sustainable electricity supply.

• Windpark NOP Agrowind

  26 onshore wind turbines, 7.5 MW each, 195 MW total, producing nearly 600 million kWh per year.

1. 1NOP Agrowind official websitenopagrowind.nl
2. 2NOP Agrowind CV on Wikidatawikidata.org