22.08.2018
Nordex SE DE000A0D6554
Nordex's largest wind turbine N149 installed
DGAP-Media / 22.08.2018 / 09:43
Hamburg, 22 August 2018. On 21 August 2018, the first of two N149/4.0-4.5
turbines with a nominal output of 4.5 megawatt was installed at the
Wennerstorf II wind farm located roughly 30 kilometres south of Hamburg. "We
are pleased to have completed this beacon project in time for the
commencement of WindEnergy Hamburg 2018. In addition to our turbines at the
port of Hamburg, the N149/4.0-4.5 in the vicinity of the Nordex main office
in Hamburg is another impressive project with which we can demonstrate the
Nordex Group's state-of-the-art technology to our customers," says Jörg
Hempel, who is in charge of German business at Nordex Group.
The turbines in Wennerstorf II are just the beginning. Says Karsten
Brüggemann, Head of Global Sales at Nordex Group: "We have received very
favourable feedback from our customers. Many customers in Europe and other
parts of the world have already included the turbines in the necessary
approval procedures".
Originally, the Wennerstorf wind farm consisted of four turbines, each with
a nominal output of 1.3 megawatts, which had been producing electricity
since 2003. In 2015 the developer ABO Wind decided to repower this site with
the latest technology by replacing the old turbines with new ones. In doing
so, it opted for the first turbine from the Delta4000 product series, the
N149/4.0-4.5: With a total installed output of 9 megawatts, the capacity of
the Wennerstorf II wind farm will increase by 73 percent.
New turbines must undergo extensive independent testing to obtain all
relevant certificates. The site meets the requirements of IEC 61400 and
offers wind conditions of approx. 6.5 meters per second on average.
Consequently, it offers a good possibility to carry out the planned
measurements of power performance, sound and electrical characteristics as
well as the validation of the mechanical loads in the power mode with the
maximum output of 4.5 megawatts.
The turbines are going to be equipped with radar-controlled aviation
obstruction lighting due to their total construction height of 200 meters.
The obstruction lights are only activated when an aircraft flying at an
altitude of below 600 metres approaches the turbines within a radius of four
kilometres. This avoids the need for continuous obstruction lighting during
the night.
The N149 turbines are also well designed in terms of acoustics for
increasing citizen acceptance, with a sound emission level of less than
106.1 dB(A) even when operating at full load. In addition, they can be
operated in a variety of sound-optimized modes which can be set according to
wind direction and the time of day to keep noise levels as low as possible.
Smart logistics solution for the transportation of the almost 73 meter rotor
blades
Produced by Nordex itself, the single-piece rotor blade of the N149/4.0-4.5
measures almost 73 meters in length. The rotor diameter of 149 meters
contributes significantly to the very low cost of energy and the high
turbine yield. As with the predecessor models, the rotor blades of the N149
are made of carbon and glass fibre.
A sophisticated logistics solution for the transportation of rotor blades
also celebrated its Nordex premiere with the installation of the new
turbines at Wennerstorf II: in view of the length of the one-piece rotor
blades, a dolly transporter was used in which the rotor blade, as the sole
connecting element between the front and rear axles, also performed the
function of a conventional low-loader. In this way, the rotor blades
completed the 330-kilometre trip from the Rostock production facility to the
discharge point close to the wind farm. There they were loaded onto a
self-propelled multi-wheel - a steerable vehicle equipped with a tilting
device that can elevate each rotor blade at an angle of up to 60 degrees. In
this way, it was possible to manoeuvre the turbines at walking speed and
remotely controlled past the dense forest to the construction site without
any problems.
Nordex plans to commence series production of N149/4.0-4.5 in 2019.
Profile of the Nordex Group
The Group has installed wind power capacity of more than 23 GW in over 25
markets, generating sales of around EUR 3.1 billion in 2017. It currently
has roughly 5,000 employees. The production network comprises plants in
Germany, Spain, Brazil, the United States and India. The product range
primarily concentrates on onshore turbines in the 1.5 - 4.8 MW class
addressing the requirements of land constrained as well as grid constrained
markets.
Contact for inquiries:
Nordex SE
Felix Losada
Telefon: 049 (0)40 / 300 30 - 1000
[email protected]
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