Community | March 26, 2009 | 6 comments

Siemens wind turbine with ATS hybrid tower completed

source: http://www.sunwindenergy.com/swe/content/home/details.php?rub=windenergie&id=5

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18.03.2009: The Dutch company Advanced Tower Systems (ATS) has put up one of the world’s largest wind power plants with a hybrid tower at Grevenbroich (western Germany).

After the concrete tower was erected on the wind test site at the end of 2008 (see S&WE 1/2009, page 116), ATS recently built the steel tower segment on top of it. With the installation of the 2.3 MW turbine nacelle from Siemens and the rotor, the pilot project is now completed. At a hub height of 133 m, the plant reaches an overall height of 180 m. The tower consists of a lower part composed of long, narrow pre-cast concrete units made by ATS and an upper section made from conventional steel elements. It was erected and is being operated by ATS Projekt Grevenbroich GmbH.

“The tower allows great hub heights and thus a higher energy yield to be achieved at comparatively low overall costs, and it is also easy to transport”, explains ATS Managing Director Frans Brughuis. Compared to a hub height of 100 m, the ATS system improves the energy yield by approximately 20 %. The higher costs for the hybrid tower are recovered after about four years.
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6 comments // Siemens wind turbine with ATS hybrid tower completed

  • masterzip
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      masterzip  

    • This is still generating electricity on an archaic distribution system that has past its time(and still puts the money and power in corporate hands). Electrical power needs to become personal and local, which is why people who install solar panels or wind turbines on their own property, can separate themselves from the muck of corporate greed. Once all electrical power yep
      is local and personal, a true paradigm shift will be upon us.

    • 2 years ago
  • good_stuff
  • simplecj
  • simplecj
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      simplecj  

    • Nice, most turbines sit at about 80m, but 100+ meters is where you really start getting into the more desirable wind currents. This is good news!

    • 2 years ago
  • covelogibbs
  • pjacobs51
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