ABSTRACT
Amersfoort is a new development in Holland about 55km from Amsterdam. It is very much under construction as is evident from some of the figures below. From the air it is a disc of new urban development set in a flat, featureless agricultural landscape (see Figure 7.1(a)). From this view it can be seen that in part of the area the roofs are blue, indicated by a dashed line in Figure 7.1(b). It is with pride that Mr Pos of REMU, the local electricity utility, states that this is because most of the houses in this area have substantial PV arrays on the roof.
