Snow could be with us this weekend. Photo: DutchNews.nl
Opinion is still divided but there is growing confidence among weather forecasters that the Netherlands may be hit by heavy snow and frost early next week.
According to some weather models, the Netherlands could face heavy snowfall from Sunday, with moderate frosts at night, and the north of the country would be most affected.
The KNMI weather bureau is forecasting wind, frost and snow, with temperatures falling to -5 Celsius into the middle of next week. NOS too, says snow is on the way.
But NOS weatherman Gerrit Hiemstra told the Volkskrant it is still unclear if it will be as cold as forecast and if outdoor skating could be on the cards. ‘If it freezes, it will be at the same time as the snow, and a thin layer of snow is bad for the ice growth,’ he said.
ABN AMRO’s Energy Transition Fund (ETF, Amsterdam, Netherlands), an independent subsidiary of Dutch bank ABN AMRO, recently acquired 34% of the shares in Fiberline Composites A/S (Middlefart, Denmark) a company that manufactures carbon- and glass fiber-pultruded products to strengthen wind blades. With this transaction, Fiberline will have the financial power to expand its activities in the wind sector. Further, to achieve the business plan, a new board of directors with a firm footing in the wind sector will be appointed.
Focused on supporting equity capital in companies and early-stage projects that contribute to a low-carbon future, ABN AMRO reports that investing in Fiberline had been an obvious strategy from the start. It is said that Fiberline has more than tripled its business in the past five years and expects to triple again in the coming five years. It is also the company’s ambition to follow its customers globally including establishing production facilities o