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Wind power in the Netherlands has recently been used as a renewable energy source, though wind mills have long played a major part in the Netherlands by providing an alternative to water driven mills. In 2006, 2.37 percent of the Netherlands' electricity was generated by wind power. The Netherlands is trying to meet the goal of having 9 percent of their electricity produced from renewable sources by 2010.

Growind Wind Farm
The Growind wind farm is located in Eemsharbour in Groningen, which is in the north of the Netherlands. This 63 megawatt wind farm contains 21 Vestas V90 3MW wind turbines and should provide renewable power to 54,000 homes.

Westereems Wind Park
The Westereems Wind Park is a project of the energy company Essent and is the largest onshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Westereems contains 52 turbines and has a capacity of 156 megawatts, which should provide power for about 135,000 homes.

Offshore Wind Power
Due to shortage of space in the Netherlands, which is a densely populated country, wind farms have been built out in the sea. The Dutch government has determined 65 sites for offshore wind farms in the North Sea.

Egmond aan Zee Offshore Wind Farm
The Egmond aan Zee Offshore Wind Farm is a wind farm in the North Sea, off the coast of the Netherlands. The $272 million project is cooperatively owned by Royal Dutch Shell and the Dutch utility company Nuon, and it consists of 36 turbines that can produce 108 megawatts an hour. The Egmond aan Zee Offshore Wind Farm should produce enough power to light 100,000 houses.

Q7 Wind Park
The Q7 wind park is another wind farm off the Dutch coast of the North Sea that was developed by Econcern and Eneco Energie. It is made up of 60 turbines and is expected to produce enough power for 125,000 homes. The $522.3 million Q7 project is hoped to help the Netherlands cut 225,000 tonnes of carbon-dioxide emissions.