Hesselbach wind farm

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Hesselbach wind farm
Six of the ten turbines in the wind farm
Six of the ten turbines in the wind farm
location
Hesselbach wind farm (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Hesselbach wind farm
Coordinates 50 ° 53 '28 "  N , 8 ° 22' 41"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 53 '28 "  N , 8 ° 22' 41"  E
country GermanyGermany Germany
Data
Type Wind farm
Primary energy Wind energy
power 30.6 megawatts
owner Wittgenstein New Energy
operator Wittgenstein New Energy
Start of operations 2013
turbine 8 Vestas V112, 2 Vestas V126
Website wne-holding.de
was standing October 2017
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The Hesselbach wind farm is a wind farm in the urban area of Bad Laasphe in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) . It is located in the districts of Hesselbach , Banfe and Bad Laasphe. It is the first forest wind farm in North Rhine-Westphalia. The wind farm has ten wind turbines from the manufacturer Vestas . Two more systems are being planned. The installed capacity is just under 31 megawatts .

history

The motivation for the wind farm was the major storm damage caused by Hurricane Kyrill in January 2007. The changed political framework conditions such as a revised wind energy decree were just as important . The forest owner and entrepreneur Ludwig Ferdinand Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg founded the company Wittgenstein New Energy Holding GmbH (WNE Group), which deals with the consulting, planning, implementation and operation of wind turbines. Founder and managing director are identical.

Construction and inauguration

Construction of the wind turbines
Inauguration speech by Johannes Remmel

In October 2012 the investor received the first approval. The foundations were concreted in May 2013; 1,050 cubic meters of concrete and 93 tons of steel were used per foundation. An area of ​​around two hectares was required for each plant. The first large components were delivered in July of the same year and the first system at the Spreitzkopf was completed in August.

A special crane from Franz Bracht , which has a lifting capacity of 750 tons, was required for the construction work . The preparatory work was carried out by 130 and 400 tonne cranes.

On September 11, 2013, the wind farm was opened by the North Rhine-Westphalian Environment Minister Johannes Remmel .

First expansion: WEA 7 and 8

At the beginning of 2014, the approval for the expansion of the wind farm by two more turbines of the same type was announced. The construction was implemented in November of the same year. The additional systems were completed in early December 2014 and connected to the power grid a few weeks later.

Second extension: WEA 9 and 10

In March 2016 it became known that an application for a permit for two more plants northeast of Hesselbach on the Gerhardsberg and the Görzberg had been submitted. Approval was granted in December 2016. Construction of the two plants began in April 2017 and was completed in October 2017.

Third extension: WEA 11

The plans for another wind turbine shortly behind the state border on the Hessian side of the Görzberg became known in March 2017. Mathematically, it would supply around 3000 two-person households. [outdated]

Fourth extension: WEA 12

In September 2017, plans for wind turbines on the Raumberg, southeast of Banfe, became known. [outdated]

business

Vestas operates a maintenance branch with four mechanics in the nearby Erndtebrück .

Power generation

According to RWE, the annual standard energy capacity of the first six wind turbines corresponds mathematically to the consumption of 14,000 households.

Driveway

During the respective construction times of the wind farm and its extensions, the street, called Armer Mann (part of the district road K 36), was rededicated into a one-way street. The permitted direction of travel was from Bad Laasphe to Hesselbach. The reason for this was that any other traffic with the construction vehicles would be a safety risk. Due to the closure of the federal highway 62 , complicated regulations became necessary during the construction work in 2017.

Defective generator

In April and May 2015, a crane replaced a defective generator.

technology

All eight wind turbines are visible
Wind energy plant WEA 2

The eight first wind turbines are of the Vestas V112 type , which have a rotor diameter of 112 m, a hub height of 140 m and, as a result, a total height of 196 m. They each have an installed capacity of 3 MW and were built in 2013 and 2014.

The second expansion was carried out with two Vestas V126 turbines. They have a hub height of 137 meters and a rotor diameter of 126 meters. The installed capacity is 3.3 MW.

For the first six plants, the connection of the wind farm with around 36 km of power cables to a substation in Bad Laasphe is specified. In 2013 a further 15 and 10 km were laid for communication and lightning protection.

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

investment Lineup Type Coordinates position District
1 2013 V112-3 MW WEA 1 Spreitzkopf Hesselbach
2 2013 V112-3 MW WEA 2 Wipper Camp Hesselbach
3 2013 V112-3 MW Wind turbine 3 Great Ahlertsberg Hesselbach
4th 2013 V112-3 MW WEA 4 Grahberg Hesselbach
5 2013 V112-3 MW Wind turbine 5 Wartholzkopf Request
6th 2013 V112-3 MW WEA 6 Old sports field (Banfe) Request
7th 2014 V112-3 MW WEA 7 Little Ahlertsberg Hesselbach
8th 2014 V112-3 MW WEA 8 Hasseln Request
9 2017 V126-3.3 MW WEA 9 Gerhardtsberg Hesselbach
10 2017 V126-3.3 MW WEA 10 Gorizia Hesselbach
11 Implementation open V126-3.3 MW Gorizia Wiesenbach (Hesse)
12 2020 V126-3.3 MW Raumberg Request

Trivia

Geocaches are placed in the wind farm .

See also

Web links

Commons : Windpark Hesselbach  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ First forest wind farm in NRW. Siegener Zeitung, archived from the original on January 11, 2014 ; Retrieved April 17, 2014 .
  2. ↑ About WNE. In: Wittgenstein New Holding. Retrieved February 23, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b Electricity from the forest. (PDF) In: RWE . September 11, 2013, archived from the original on April 18, 2014 ; accessed on May 8, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Energy Agency NRW : Wind farm opened in Bad Laasphe: opening up the forest for the wind too. Archived from the original on September 19, 2013 ; Retrieved April 18, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Green light for further systems. Siegener Zeitung, January 7, 2014, accessed on April 17, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Wind turbine 7 stood in record time. Bad Laasphe / Hesselbach wind farm is growing. Siegener Zeitung, November 6, 2014, accessed on September 15, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Work on the wind farm completed . In: Siegener Zeitung . Wittgenstein edition . December 3, 2014, p.  7 .
  8. ↑ a b The wind farm should continue to grow. In: Siegener Zeitung. siegener-zeitung.de, March 23, 2016, accessed on December 31, 2016 .
  9. ↑ a b c d e New wind turbines approved for Benfe and Hesselbach. wp.de, December 30, 2016, accessed December 31, 2016 .
  10. ↑ a b construction site on B 62 looks spacious. wp.de, May 13, 2017, accessed on May 14, 2017 .
  11. ↑ Headwind for wind power. In: Siegener Zeitung. October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017 .
  12. ↑ a b c Wind farm is growing in the Boxbach. Further systems are planned on the Hessian side. In: Siegener Zeitung. March 10, 2017, accessed March 13, 2017 .
  13. ↑ a b 11. Wind turbine in Banfe, nothing stands in the way . In: Siegener Zeitung . Wittgenstein edition . 15th September 2017.
  14. ↑ Bad Laasphe: Kreisstraße 36 temporarily one-way street. wp.de, April 7, 2017, accessed April 8, 2017 .
  15. ↑ A repair on the Alertsberg weighing several tons . In: Siegener Zeitung . Wittgenstein edition . May 5, 2015, p.  6 .
  16. ↑ Difficult task at a height of 140 meters. derWesten.de, May 5, 2015, accessed on September 15, 2016 .
  17. ↑ Deterrent example: wind farm in the forest near Bad Laasphe. Citizens' initiative Rettet den Wollenberg, accessed on May 8, 2015 .
  18. ↑ Hesselbach / Banfe / Bad Laasphe wind farm (public). geocaching.com, accessed May 8, 2016 .