New geothermal well step closer for 8 Dutch growers

The provincial back-up comes in the form of a guarantee: should the drill prove unsuccessful, then the local government acts as an insurer. “We already had the assurance for a while,” says Van Geel, “but now it has been made official.” The actual bankrolling comes from the 8 growers and the Rabobank. When completely covered, the project will commence by the end of this year. 

The producers involved have a combined acreage of 62 hectares. There are three cucumber growers (Drenthe Growers, Nursery Luimes and Polman), vegetable grower Kuipers and four ornamental growers (Van Winden Energy Partnership Boerma Eefting, Meewisse Nurseries, and Van Geel Chrysanthemums). The drill is accompanied by Bram Hanemaaijer of Agro Directory. The well’s capacity is estimated at 15.1 MW and 7,000 hours use per year.