One wind turbine, 13 GWh in 2005

By Bruno De Wachter / Published on Fri, 2006-07-21 05:54
       

First year of operation of a mega wind turbine

In the past decennium, wind turbines have been growing quickly, both in height and in output power. The most recent generation typically has a tower height of 120 meter, a rotor diameter of 125 meter, and an output power of 5 MW. The first of this “mega turbines” that became operational was the REpower 5M on shore wind turbine in Brunsbüttel near Hamburg (Germany), inaugurated 2 February 2005. In its first year of operation, it produced 13 GWh, which was more than expected. After this test run, the annual production is expected to raise to 17 GWh. Several more mega wind turbines have recently been inaugurated or are being built in Germany (on shore and off shore) and Scotland (off shore).

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The place is famous because

By Stefan Fassbinder / Published on Sun, 2006-12-24 10:03

The place is famous because in nearby Brunsbüttelkoog our first GROWIAN (große Windkraft-Anlage – 3 MW) was built back in about 1982 – just in order to »show that it doesn’t work«, as our professor of electrical energy generation, transmission and distribution, a wise man from VEW (now swallowed by RWE) taught us then.

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