Construction of New Wind Farms Comes to a Standstill, Warns Sector Minister Hermans

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The construction of offshore wind farms is in danger of coming to a standstill. This is the warning from 21 companies and other organisations from the wind energy sector in a letter to Minister Hermans of Climate and Green Growth. In order to reduce CO2 emissions, the government expects a lot from generating electricity via large offshore wind farms. At the moment, offshore wind supplies around 16 percent of the required Dutch energy, in 2032 th…