17 February 2025

GreenTrust Annual Report 2024

GreenTrust Annual Report 2024 GreenTrust reflects on an eventful 2024. Last year, we celebrated our 10th anniversary and welcomed a new management team. Meanwhile, work continued as usual, including the start of construction on the Burgerwindpark A2 Lage Rooijen and the management of numerous wind and solar parks. The annual report provides an at-a-glance overview ... GreenTrust Annual Report 2024
4 February 2025

Energy Landscape: Balancing Energy Supply and Demand

A wind and/or solar park combined with battery storage is not new. Also, finding local customers for sustainable energy is becoming increasingly obvious. But what if we go one step further? If we locally link electricity, storage and other energy systems, such as a heating network or charging plaza? Then we create a place where energy demand and supply are in balance: the energy landscape of the future. GreenTrusters Sjoerd Dijk and Christian Holdert are committed to the development of energy landscapes. They take a broad view of where opportunities lie to connect energy demand and supply. And they look - with the help of local knowledge from entrepreneurs - for integrated solutions.
9 January 2025

The Importance of Ice Detection on Wind Turbines

The Importance of Ice Detection on Wind Turbines At Windpark Eemshaven Zuidoost, in the northernmost part of Groningen, we had to close the road near a wind turbine last year due to ice formation. This required coordination between four parties: the road manager, the environmental service, surrounding companies, and the company managing the ice detection ... The Importance of Ice Detection on Wind Turbines
18 December 2024

Swift Action, Minimal Damage

Swift Action, Minimal Damage How Our Management Team Handles Unexpected Situations An unexpected report from the area: ‘People are walking across the solar park, but we don’t know if they belong here.’ Our management team immediately took action. The systems were checked for anomalies, such as in the park’s production, a security guard was dispatched, ... Swift Action, Minimal Damage
13 December 2024

Local Collaboration as the Engine for Energy Transition

Local Collaboration as the Engine for Energy Transition How does realizing a sustainable energy project together with the local community work in practice? We explain our approach and why technical and social solutions go hand in hand. A group of about fifty enthusiastic people gather with coffee and cookies at the construction site of Citizen ... Local Collaboration as the Engine for Energy Transition
Written by Eva de Zeeuw
12 December 2024

Full scope management goes (much) further than maintenance and inspections

Full scope management goes (far) beyond maintenance and inspections Along the sea dike on the eastern side of Goeree-Overflakkee, the eight wind turbines of Wind Farm Oostflakkee generate enough green electricity each year to power approximately 30,000 households. Green Trust supported energy producer Kallista Energy, owner of the wind farm, during the construction of the ... Full scope management goes (much) further than maintenance and inspections