Stötten wind farm
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 39 '46 " N , 9 ° 51' 28" E | ||
| country | Federal Republic of Germany | ||
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| Type | Onshore wind farm | ||
| Primary energy | Wind energy | ||
| power | 11.7 MW | ||
| operator | Megawatt GmbH wpd AG |
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| Start of operations | 1997 | ||
| turbine | Vestas V44-600kW (× 1) Vestas V52-850kW (× 4) DeWind D6 / 62 (× 1) Vestas V90-2MW (× 2) Schuler SDD 100 (× 1) |
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| was standing | October 2012 | ||
The Stötten wind farm is a wind farm north of Stötten , a district of Geislingen an der Steige in Baden-Württemberg . The Schnittlingen telecommunications tower is not far from the wind farm .
technology
The Stötten wind farm currently consists of nine wind turbines from different manufacturers and years of construction and can therefore be viewed as a grown wind farm . For use systems are primarily the Danish manufacturer Vestas , namely the types V44 (a hub height of 53 m, rated power 660 kw ), V52 (a hub height of 74 m, rated power 850 kW) and V90 (a hub height of 105 m, rated capacity of 2 MW), but also a copy of the type DeWind D6 / 62 (nominal output 1 MW).
In 2011, the prototype of the Schuler SDD 100 was erected in the wind farm. This gearless system with direct drive , a rotor diameter of 100 m, and a nominal output of 2.7 MW was intended to mark the entry of the Göppingen company Schuler into the wind energy industry. Due to the changed market situation, however, in 2012 the company refrained from further involvement in this area and sold the licenses for the SDD 100 to an engineering office in Bavaria .
history
The 734 m high Stöttener Berg on the northern edge of the Swabian Alb can be regarded as one of the most traditional wind energy locations in Germany. In 1956, the German-Austrian wind power pioneer Ulrich W. Hütter began setting up a test field for wind power plants at this conveniently located location. In September 1957, the prototype of the StGW-34 system designed by Hütter went into operation on the Stöttener Berg . This was built in series by Allgaier Werke and is considered the "ancestor" of all modern wind turbines. The operator of the wind energy test field, which still exists today and is now called Wind Test Field Ulrich Hütter after its founder , is the Institute for Aircraft Construction at the University of Stuttgart . In addition to smaller experimental wind turbines, there is also a wind measuring mast here .
The site has been used commercially for electricity generation from wind energy since 1997. In two construction phases, the Stuttgart-based Megawatt GmbH erected a total of six wind turbines from the manufacturer Vestas in 2001/2002 and 2006. In 2011 these systems were finally joined by the first (and in retrospect only) wind power system from the press manufacturer Schuler from Göppingen, who originally planned to enter this industry. This was planned and built by the global company wpd . The inauguration took place on September 9, 2011 by the Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg, Winfried Kretschmann .
Web links
- Representation of the Stöttener Berg wind farm operated by Megawatt GmbH
- Representation of the Stötten II wind farm operated by Megawatt GmbH
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schuler AG sells wind business ( Memento from December 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). In: Renewable Energies. Das Magazin , September 7, 2012. Last accessed on December 9, 2014.
- ↑ Badische Zeitung of November 10, 2010 (PDF; 59 kB)
- ↑ Wind energy projects in Baden-Württemberg (until 2000)
- ↑ Südwest Presse from September 10, 2011 http://www.swp.de/geislingen/lokales/geislingen/Aufwind-fuer-die-Windkraft;art5573,1106764 ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )