{"id":1942,"date":"2025-03-11T14:15:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T14:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greentrust.visualwritings.nl\/projecten\/citizen-wind-farm-a2-lage-rooijen\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:34:08","slug":"citizen-wind-farm-a2-lage-rooijen","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/greentrust.nl\/en\/projecten\/citizen-wind-farm-a2-lage-rooijen\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooperative wind park A2 Lage Rooijen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Cooperative wind park A2 Lage Rooijen<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Booster of sustainability<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Since 2017, Cooperation Bommelerwaar and GreenTrust have been working on a cooperative wind park at Lage Rooijen, directly east of the A2 motorway. In January 2026, the three turbines will be officially completed. With the three wind turbines, the park will then generate enough local green energy for about 10,000 households. And is thus booster of a sustainable municipality of Maasdriel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Together for the wind: a successful campaign<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cooperative Bommelerwaar<\/a> is 50% owner of the wind farm. To finance the construction, the cooperative needed a total of 3.5 million euros. Thanks to more than 200 enthusiastic residents and entrepreneurs from the region, an amount of over 1.2 million euros was raised. Energy cooperative Deltawind<\/a> supplemented the remaining amount. This allowed construction to start and enabled cooperative Bommelerwaar to acquire sufficient additional capital to repay the sister cooperative shareholder at a later date. Interest and investment conditions remain the same for current bondholders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A smooth construction period<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Construction of the cooperative wind park began after the summer of 2024. After ground work and construction of crane stands and access roads, the foundations were built in the spring of 2025. The installation of the large turbine components went smoothly so that construction was fully completed by the end of 2025. In January 2026, the turbines were officially handed over to GreenTrust and the cooperatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow more news about the project at www.windparklagerooijen.nl.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This project is one of the most interesting projects for which I did technical design. This is due to its location near the highway and along the Maas River and the levee with protection zones. In particular, the location of the T1 turbine is close to the dike. Together with the steep ramp to the embankment, this made it complicated but challenging to design access for transporting the turbine components. I made many so-called cross-sectional drawings. Through this project I also learned all kinds of new terms such as summer and winter levels, inside bottom pipe and other terms around dams with culverts and the different levels of protection.<\/div>