Solar power for dairy processing at FrieslandCampina
(WorldNews Netherlands)

In March 2017, Henk Kamp, the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, granted over 200 million euro SDE+ subsidy for the installation of solar panels at the roofs of FrieslandCampina member dairy farms. This will make it possible to install more than 416,000 solar panels at 310 dairy farms. With a combined total surface exceeding 100 football pitches, these panels will generate more than 20 percent of the electricity for the Dutch plants and offices of the dairy company. This equals 33,000 average households. GroenLeven Heerenveen will install the panels. This subsidy allocation is an important...