the netherlands Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 14 May 2015 20:10:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 SolaRoad Bicycle Lane Produces More Power Than Anticipated https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solaroad-bicycle-lane-power/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solaroad-bicycle-lane-power/#comments Thu, 14 May 2015 20:10:08 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=54755 The first ever solar bike path that was open for public use six months ago in the Netherlands, is performing much better than anyone expected. Back in November last year, the project SolaRoad announced the opening of the first ever bicycle path, which has integrated solar panels to generate clean power for the grid in […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solaroad-bicycle-lane-power/feed/ 1 54755 New Dutch Power Plant to Produce Energy From Sea Water https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-dutch-power-plant-produce-energy-sea-water-20141127/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-dutch-power-plant-produce-energy-sea-water-20141127/#respond Thu, 27 Nov 2014 08:22:34 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=50327 The latest addition to the growing renewable energy family comes from researchers from the Netherlands. They developed a system, which produces electricity using the difference in salt content between sea and fresh water. This new technology will go into first testing next week, as the first test facility, called Blue Energy, will open its doors. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/new-dutch-power-plant-produce-energy-sea-water-20141127/feed/ 0 50327 First Ever Solar Bike Path Generates Electricity for the Dutch Grid https://www.greenoptimistic.com/first-ever-solar-bike-path-generates-electricity-dutch-grid-20141106/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/first-ever-solar-bike-path-generates-electricity-dutch-grid-20141106/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2014 09:49:17 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=50059 The first of its kind bicycle path with integrated solar panels will be open to public use as of next week in the Netherlands. The incredible invention will provide a safe road for biking residents of Amsterdam, while generating electricity for the grid. The solar bike path, built under The SolaRoad project, has been under construction […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/first-ever-solar-bike-path-generates-electricity-dutch-grid-20141106/feed/ 1 50059 Dutch Offshore Wind Turbines Too Expensive, Government Cuts Subsidies https://www.greenoptimistic.com/dutch-offshore-wind-subsidy-20111116/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/dutch-offshore-wind-subsidy-20111116/#respond Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:14:25 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=21195 The Dutch don’t like wind turbines anymore. They built 36 offshore wind turbines back in 2006, and had great hopes for them, but now the Dutch government realized they don’t have money to subsidize the 18 cents per kilowatt they did so far, so they’ll cut those subsidies down to 9 to 15 cents, and […]

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