{"id":1840,"date":"2025-03-21T10:06:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greentrust.visualwritings.nl\/2025\/03\/21\/smart-lighting-for-windpark-oostzeedijk\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:35:53","slug":"smart-lighting-for-windpark-oostzeedijk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greentrust.nl\/en\/2025\/03\/21\/smart-lighting-for-windpark-oostzeedijk\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart lighting for Oostzeedijk wind farm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Smart lighting for Oostzeedijk wind farm<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

A test flight was conducted at Wind Farm Oostzeedijk<\/a> to set up the new lighting system on the wind turbines. Our colleague Tijs Boorsma<\/a> was present during this. This test is necessary to officially use the Aircraft Detection Lighting System (ADLS). This system ensures that the lighting only comes on if there really is an aircraft in the vicinity. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lighting only when necessary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wind turbines taller than 150 meters must be visible to aircraft. Therefore, they are normally equipped with red lights at night. But that lighting can be a nuisance to nearby residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the new ADLS system, that changes. The lights come on only when an aircraft is nearby. This is safer for air traffic and more pleasant for people living in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“During the test, we saw from<\/em> a <\/em>4-person aircraft exactly how <\/em> the ADLS system responded. It’s great to see that this technique works well – and nice that we can use it to relieve local residents,” <\/em> says Tijs Boorsma, project officer at GreenTrust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oostzeedijk wind farm: innovation in practice<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The smart lighting is one of the measures that shows that GreenTrust not only complies with the rules, but actively thinks along with the environment. Oostzeedijk Wind Farm is also a special project in other respects: <\/p>\n\n\n\n