In 1981 the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, NWO) bought a 20% stake in the project, allowing the WHT to be given the go-ahead.
在1981年，荷蘭科學研究組織（Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research，NWO）買了這個專案20%的股份，使WHT成為勢在必行。