Westereems wind farm
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 26 '31 " N , 6 ° 49' 35" E | ||
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| Type | Wind farm | ||
| Primary energy | Wind energy | ||
| Start of operations | 2008–2009 (current wind turbines) | ||
| turbine | 64 wind turbines | ||
The Westereems wind farm is located in the Eemshaven area in the Dutch province of Groningen . It is divided into eight different wind farm clusters. Part of the old Micon and Kenetech- wind turbines was 64 new Enercon equipment replaced . These can achieve a total output of 156 MW and supply 135,000 households. The investment sum of more than 150 million euros will be raised by the Dutch energy supplier Essent .
Development of the wind farm
The wind farm initially consisted of 40 Micon wind turbines and 94 Kenetech wind turbines, with an installed capacity of 44 MW and an additional six Vestas wind turbines. In December 2006 it was decided to replace the existing systems with more powerful and much larger ones. In November 2007, the dismantling of the first wind turbines and the construction of the foundations for the first new, more powerful wind turbines began.
To ensure that the wind turbines stand securely, thirty concrete columns with a length of 25 to 39 meters were embedded in the ground for each system. The new systems have a hub height of 98 meters, a rotor diameter of 82 meters and each have an output of 3 MW. A water-cooled stator is also a special feature of these systems. Due to the location of the wind farm, the Enercon components , which were transported from Emden via the Ems , could already be pre-assembled in the port area and then brought to the location of the wind power plants by truck.
The wind farm was completed in spring 2009, with some systems already in operation since late summer 2008 and feeding electricity into the public grid. An energy of 9 million kilowatt hours per year is calculated for each wind turbine. All wind turbines together should achieve an energy yield of 470 million kilowatt hours per year.
