Wind energy in Upper Austria

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This article provides an overview of the expansion of wind energy and the installed wind turbines in the state of Upper Austria .

Expansion and framework conditions for wind energy in Upper Austria

Annual expansion and total output
year MW
1996
  
 + 02.80
  
 2.80
1997
  
 + 00 00
  
 2.80
1998
  
 + 01.20
  
 4.00
1999
  
 + 03.30
  
 7.30
2000
  
 + 00 00
  
 7.30
2001
  
 + 01.30
  
 8.60
2002
  
 + 02.00}
  
 10.60
2003
  
 + 03.80
  
 14.40
2004
  
 + 00 00
  
 14.40
2005
  
 +12.00
  
 26.40
2006
0−13
  
 + 00 00
  
 26.40
2014
  
 +15.00
  
 41.40
2015
  
 + 00 00
  
 41.40

In Upper Austria, two of Austria's first larger plants went into operation in 1996, at the time the state was a technological leader. In the later 2000s, no more wind power plants were built, and the state is now in the lower mid-range of expansion. It wasn't until 2014 that five systems went online again.
There are (as of the beginning of 2016) 11 wind farms and individual larger wind turbines, with a total of 28 systems. They have a total nominal output of around 40 MW and an annual electricity generation of around 72 gigawatt hours in operation, which corresponds to a smaller run-of-river power plant such as on Enns or Traun or one of the large eastern Austrian wind farms.

The realizable potential for Upper Austria over the entire area is only about 10% of that of Burgenland , so that overall wind power plays a comparatively minor role here. The annual mean wind speed in the more exposed hill locations is only 5-6 m / s, only occasionally in the peaks of Hausruck and Böhmerwald 6–7 m / s (as in the area between Neusiedlersee and Weinviertel across the board), i.e. at the limit of economic efficiency.

A specialty in Upper Austria are the forest wind power plants, which are located on relatively high towers in the middle of the forest on low mountain ridges , and have a comparatively low landscape consumption, such as the 100 m tower on Steiglberg in Kobernaußerwald, the 105 m Sternwald in the Mühlviertel, and the 5,140 m towers near Munderfing in the Kobernaußerwald. There are also several planned locations in the colline and montane forest . Plains like in Eastern Austria are hardly used. The more alpine mountain areas are a restricted zone in Upper Austria - unlike in Styria , for example , where it is the other way round.

Wind master plan Upper Austria

In 2011 the Upper Austrian provincial government decided on the Upper Austrian Wind Master Plan , which came into force on June 27, 2011. A working group on wind energy headed by the energy management planning department in the environmental protection department identified all promising and indisputable locations. The study of wind analysis Upper Austria by Energie AG , which was funded by the state, was also taken into account . Priority zones and exclusion zones were defined for further site planning :

  • Priority zone locations are areas "which have an energy density that is economically viable for wind power use, at the same time comply with the ecologically necessary framework conditions and take into account the landscape with supraregional importance"
  • Exclusion zones include, for example, the important nature, environmental and landscape protection areas and zones , such as the national park, UNESCO World Heritage, waterfronts, bird migration and wildlife corridors, including all locations above an altitude of 1,600 m (this means the entire inner Alpine region, Böhmwerwald and Freiwald / Weinsbergerwald completely recorded), but also numerous core settlement areas (especially in the Linz – Wels central area through the airfields)

Some areas in more concrete planning remained as potential location areas in which an individual decision is pending. Otherwise, it was suggested to further expand existing locations and to keep a minimum distance of 10 kilometers between wind farms “in order to keep the cumulative effect low and to avoid excessive stress on individual landscape areas”.

Locations

Overview

Surname Construction year Total
power (MW) 		number Type (WKA) place district Coordinates Project planner / operator Remarks
Eberschwang wind turbines 1996 1.0 2 Enercon E-40 / 5.40 (2 ×) Walling RI 48 ° 8 '41.1 "  N , 13 ° 31' 8.6"  E Wind power Innviertel Austria's first major wind power location
Schenkenfelden wind turbines 1998 1.2 2 NEG Micon NM48 / 600 (2 ×) Schenkenfelden UU 48 ° 30 '36 "  N , 14 ° 21' 0.4"  E Future Energy
Schernham wind turbine 2002-2003 1.8 1 Enercon E-66 / 18.70 (1 ×) Schernham RI 48 ° 10 '44.8 "  N , 13 ° 36' 30.9"  E Wind power Innviertel erected on the site of a gravel works
Wind turbines Spörbichl 1999 1.32 2 Vestas V47-660kW (2 ×) Spörbichl FR 48 ° 33 '7 "  N , 14 ° 36' 0.3"  E New energy
Steiglberg wind turbine 2002 2.0 1 Vestas V80-2MW (1 ×) Stilts RI 48 ° 5 '44.9 "  N , 13 ° 21' 22"  E Kobernaußerwald Energy erected on Kobernaußer Strasse
Steindlberg wind turbines 2001 1.32 2 Vestas V47-660kW (2 ×) Rodham SD 48 ° 19 ′ 20 "  N , 13 ° 39 ′ 57.2"  E ENERGY from A to Z
Laussa wind farm 1996 1.8 3 Tacke TW 600 (3 ×) Plattenberg SE 47 ° 57 '6.6 "  N , 14 ° 29" 31.5 "  E Energy AG was the largest wind farm in Austria and the highest in Europe when it was built
Munderfing wind farm 2013-2014 15.0 5 Vestas V112-3.0MW (5 ×) Munderfing BR 48 ° 3 '16.5 "  N , 13 ° 14' 29.2"  E EWS Consulting GmbH / Windpark Munderfing GmbH (Munderfing municipality, Energie AG, Energiewerkstatt GmbH) erected in the Kobernaußerwald , first wind farm in majority municipal ownership in Austria
Oberrödham wind farm 1997 1.98 3 Vestas V47-660kW (3 ×) Oberrödham SD 48 ° 19 ′ 45.3 "  N , 13 ° 39 ′ 42.2"  E Energy AG
Sternwald wind farm 2003
2005
2015-2016 		20.0 9 Vestas V80-2MW (1 ×)
Vestas V90-2MW (6 ×)
Vestas V112-3.0MW (2 ×) 		Sternwald UU 48 ° 34 '52.8 "  N , 14 ° 13' 25.8"  E WEB wind energy , STAR WIND erected directly on the Czech border, expansion under construction

Wind energy planning zones

The 27 priority zones and 4 potential location areas of the Upper Austrian Wind Master Plan are:

VZ ... priority zone location space, pS ... potential location space according to the  wind master plan
Geb. … area: spatial unit according to NaLa
Gem. … Local authorities
A. ... installed single systems; in brackets: under construction
MW … total installed nominal power in MW ; in brackets: under construction
since  ... area developed since

Status: 10/2013

Zone Born According to A. MW since
VZ Alluvial forest Mondsee Flysch Mountains Nussdorf a. A. , Oberwang , Straß i. A. ⊙ - -
VZ Eckelsberg Almtaler and Kirchdorfer Flysch Mountains Grünburg , Nussbach ⊙ - -
VZ Eibling Enns and Steyrtal Pre-Alps Molln ⊙ - -
VZ Großtraberg Southern Bohemian Forest foothills Bad Leonfelden , Vorderweissenbach ⊙ - -
VZ Hausruckwald North Hausruck and Kobernaußer Forest Eberschwang , Pramet ⊙ 2 1.0 Jan. 1996
VZ Hausruckwald South Hausruck and Kobernaußer Forest Ampflwang i. H. ⊙ - -
VZ Hirschbach in the Mühlkreis Leonfeldner highlands Schenkenfelden ⊙ - -
VZ Hirschwaldstein Enns and Steyrtal Pre-Alps Grünburg , Micheldorf i.Oö. ⊙ - -
VZ Hochsalm Salzkammergut Pre-Alps Grünau i. A. , Micheldorf i.Oö. , Scharnstein , Steinbach a. Z. ⊙ - -
VZ Hongar Traun and Atterse Flysch Mountains Altmünster , Aurach aH , Pinsdorf , Regau ⊙ - -
VZ Kobernaußerwald North Hausruck and Kobernaußer Forest Lohnsburg aK , Waldzell ⊙ 1 2.0 2002
VZ Kobernaußerwald South Hausruck and Kobernaußer Forest Pöndorf ⊙ - -
VZ Kobernaußerwald West Hausruck and Kobernaußer Forest Lengau , Munderfing ⊙ 6th 18.0 Oct. 2014
VZ Kronstorf West Lower Enns and Steyrtal Hargelsberg , Kronstorf ⊙ - -
VZ Laussa Enns and Steyrtaler Flysch Mountains Garsten , Großraming , Laussa , Maria Neustift , St. Ulrich b.St. ⊙ 3 1.8 Oct 1996
VZ Ottenschlag in the Mühlkreis Nord Leonfeldner Hochland  / Central Mühlviertel Highlands Ottenschlag im Mkr. ⊙ - -
VZ Ranna Southern Bohemian Forest foothills Parish churches in Mkr. ⊙ - -
VZ Power on Sauwald Kopfing iI , St. Roman ⊙ - -
VZ Proboscis Mondsee Flysch Mountains Oberwang , St. Georgen i. A. , Straß i. A. , Tiefgraben , Weißenkirchen i. A. , Zell am Moos ⊙ - -
VZ Sauwald Sauwald Engelhartszell a. d. D. , Vichtenstein ⊙ - -
VZ Chess forest Inn and Hausruckviertel hill country Moosbach ⊙ - -
VZ Bowl Inn and Hausruckviertel hill country Altheim , Treubach ⊙ - -
VZ Schneeberg Enns and Steyrtal Pre-Alps Losenstein , Molln , Reichraming , Ternberg ⊙ - -
VZ Sternwald East Bohemian forest Vorderweißbach ⊙ - -
VZ Sternwald North Bohemian forest Schönegg , Vorderweissenbach ⊙ 7th 14.0 Aug 2003
VZ Siebererwald Hausruck and Kobernaußer Forest Pfaffing ⊙ - -
VZ Ternberg West Enns and Steyrtal Pre-Alps Steinbach adSt. , Ternberg ⊙ - -
pS Eiskogel East Almtaler and Kirchdorfer Flysch Mountains Inzersdorf i.Kr. , Pettenbach , Steinbach a. Z. ⊙ - -
pS Eiskogel West Almtaler and Kirchdorfer Flysch Mountains Pettenbach , Steinbach a. Z. ⊙ - -
pS Reichraming south Enns and Steyrtal Pre-Alps Großraming , Reichraming ⊙ - -
pS Stubau Feichteck Enns and Steyrtal Pre-Alps Gaflenz , Großraming , Maria Neustift , Weyer ⊙ - -
  1. ↑ Schneeberg and Sonnkogel / Hohe Dirn
  2. ^ Fahrberg and Mittereck

Planned and rejected locations

Web links

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(to the locations in chronological order)

  • Google Maps wind power map . IG Windkraft (Austria, with brief information, updated)
  • Oberosterreich (Austria) . Database entries on thewindpower.net (list, from 2005, updated)
  • Patrick Scherhaufer: Possibilities and limits of a local, environmentally friendly energy supply policy. Shown using the example of the wind farm in the municipality of Zurndorf (Bgld.) . Diploma thesis, University of Vienna. Vienna May 2002, Appendix A - Wind turbines in Austria , p. 126 ff . ( univie.ac.at [PDF] Status: Dec. 2001; Source: energiewerkstatt.at, January 17, 2002).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wind power in Upper Austria has a long tradition. ( Memento from January 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) land-oberoesterreich.gv.at > Topics> Environment> Energy> Wind power master plan Upper Austria (status 2014, accessed January 9, 2016).
  2. ↑ See, for example, Andrijana Sokolovic Prokic: Current status of wind energy use in Austria . Diploma thesis, Vienna University of Technology. Vienna September 2013, Table 5.1: Realizable potential 2012/2020/2030 , Table 6.1: Expansion in 2012 ; Figure 6.3: Current use of wind power in Austria , p. 36, 38 resp. 40 , 43 ff. ( Tuwien.ac.at [PDF]).
  3. ↑ a b c Comp. Gregori Stanzer, Austrian Institute for Spatial Planning: Wind turbines on forest sites. Status quo and planning instruments in Austria. (PDF) Presentation, transnational conference, Munich, June 24, 2015; especially maps of wind power in Austria: mean wind speed , fol. 2; and Wind Power Master Plan Upper Austria , Map, Fol. 14 (oir.at, accessed January 7, 2016).
  4. ↑ cf. → Article wind power plant: Energy supply and yield: yield .
  5. ↑ Wind power master plan Upper Austria . Office of Upper Austria. State government - Environment and Water Management Directorate - Environment Protection Department: land-oberoesterreich.gv.at > Environment> Energy
  6. ↑ a b c d Priority and exclusion zones of the Upper Austrian Wind Master Plan . ( Memento from October 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) land-oberoesterreich.gv.at
  7. ↑ a b Wind power master plan priority zones . ( Memento from June 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ; PDF; 1.3 MB) Wind Energy Working Group; Map, January 2012 (land-oberoesterreich.gv.at).
  8. ↑ Wind power master plan exclusion zone. (PDF)  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Working group wind energy; Map, January 2012 (land-oberoesterreich.gv.at; specifying the 14 specific exclusion criteria).@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.land-oberoesterreich.gv.at  
  9. ↑ Eberschwang wind farm , accessed on February 6, 2016.
  10. ↑ Before that, only 5 individual systems under 250 kW were in operation; Adam and Eva, the 1st large wind farm in Austria . windkraft-innviertel.at
  11. ↑ Schernham wind power station , accessed on February 6, 2016.
  12. ↑ Spörbichl wind farm , accessed on February 6, 2016.
  13. ↑ Laussa wind farm , accessed on February 6, 2016.
  14. ↑ Munderfing wind farm, Munderfing municipality, accessed on February 6, 2016
  15. ↑ Munderfing EWS-Consulting wind farm , accessed on February 6, 2016
  16. ↑ Oberrödham wind farm ( memento from February 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on February 6, 2016
  17. ↑ Sternwald wind farm , accessed on February 6, 2016.
  18. ↑ Sternwald wind farm is being expanded , accessed on February 6, 2016.
  19. ↑ Plans for three wind turbines in Hausruck-Nord . OÖ Nachrichten, January 21, 2013; Three wind turbines planned on ridges in Eberschwang and Pramet . OÖ Nachrichten, October 15, 2013;
  20. ↑ Bundesforste want to build a wind farm on the Saurüssel . In: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten online, nachrichten.at, January 19, 2015;
    Information about wind farms . rettet-das-salzkammergut.info, July 13, 2015;
    This wind farm is particularly controversial because of the planned installation on the Kolomannsberg in the Salzburg region on the opposite side of the Zellersee , which would shape the landscape of this tourist region on both sides; see. Kolowindpark Thalgau . salzachwind.at, accessed January 9, 2016.
  21. ↑ A project with 4 systems was rejected by the Moosbach community in 2012. Profit only for a few? The community rejects the planned wind power plant. Four wind turbines planned in Moosbach are not approved . Report by OÖ Nachrichten, by Dieter Seitl, quoted in windstill.at on June 19, 2012
  22. ^ Project Sonnkogel / Schneeberg of Energie AG; Wind power projects in the Steyr Valley / Enns Valley region ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) , energieag.at, March 19, 2013.
  23. ↑ a b Eiskogel wind farm : 7 Enercon E82 (2.3 MW, H 98 m, Ø 82 m) would be planned; eiskogelwind.at ( Memento from December 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ); "Eiskogel" put to the test . Franz Staudinger in mein district.at, February 9, 2012
  24. ^ Project Fahrnberg / Mittereck of Energie AG; Wind power projects in the Steyr Valley / Enns Valley region ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) , energieag.at, March 19, 2013.
  25. ↑ Silventus wind farm . Project description 2004-2007, Austrian Institute for Spatial Planning;
    Silventus wind farm . In: Salzburger Nachrichten : Salzburgwiki .