Planning and collaboration
The Start/Stop procedure came into force on 1 July 2023. From that date onwards, offshore wind farms will shut down their turbines during mass bird migration. Rijkswaterstaat supervises compliance with the terms of the procedure.
Collaboration
From the start of the Start/Stop project, in 2015, the stakeholders have been involved in the development and implementation, particularly through meetings held several times per year. The stakeholders of the Start/Stop procedure are the wind farm owners and NGOs, such as Vogelbescherming Nederland, Stichting de Noordzee and Natuur en Milieu. The government parties themselves – the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature, TenneT and Rijkswaterstaat – also work closely together, following a strict procedure
In addition to the stakeholder meetings there are meetings attended by government representatives, wind farm owners and NGOs, the results of which are developed and clarified by jointly contributing input on know-how and experiences.
As a result, Start/Stop is a procedure that is created in a collaborative effort - with representatives from government and wind farm owners - in combination with recommendations from NGOs.