RSS FeedENERCON E126 – The World’s Largest Wind Turbine
This is the Enercon E-126, the first wind turbine with 6 MW rated power, rotor diameter: 126m (413ft), hub height: 135m(450ft). Two of these giant wind power units have been built for testing at an onshore location, Rysumer Nacken, near Emden, in the northwest of Germany.
Here each WPU is expected to produce about 18 Mio kWh per year, enough for more than 4,500 homes.
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January 30th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Levelised Cost Of …
Levelised Cost Of Energy is a cost of generating electricity for a particular system. It is including all the costs over its lifetime: initial investiment, operations and maintenance, cost of fuel, cost of capital etc. The LCOE for a 2MW Wind Power Unit, operation time 20 years range from 4 ct/kWh to 6 ct/kWh (Eurocent) the external costs are extremely low. Compare this to the LCOE of Fossil-Fuel Power Plants here the external costs alone are in the range of 6 to 8 ct/kWh
January 30th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Actually they are …
Actually they are designed to be installed off shore or – as they are so tall – in regions where the winds are not so favorable.
January 30th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Wind turbines like …
Wind turbines like this should be built near industrial areas, just in front of them.
January 30th, 2009 at 2:48 am
That is a monster!
That is a monster!
January 30th, 2009 at 2:48 am
man, that’s a huge …
man, that’s a huge windmill
January 30th, 2009 at 2:48 am
sounds like an …
sounds like an airplane, they better build those FAR away from people, becasue for all we know they will complain…………again
i hate NIMBY’s i really do.
January 30th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Excellent video! …
Excellent video! Besides the elegant aesthetics of equipment, comes a nice feeling that is being generated clean energy for the health of our planet.
January 30th, 2009 at 2:48 am
I really liked this …
I really liked this video, thanx for sharing.
Happy new year to you! Did you get my email?
January 30th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Good work! We want …
Good work! We want to put a several of these machines on the Maasvlakte 2 in the Netherlands.(Windvogel)
January 30th, 2009 at 2:48 am
I was looking …
I was looking forward to seeing this record breaking WPU in action. For this onshore location they estimate some 18 mio kWh energy generated per year, enough to supply 4,500 homes with electricity!
January 30th, 2009 at 2:48 am
I must say that I …
I must say that I like the design…nice sort of egg shape in the middle, much better than the usual rectangular box.
Don’t think they go too well with the houses of Parliament though or the great pyramids to be honest.
And 6MW? It might be when the wind is blowing a steady optimum speed but of course most of the time it isn’t. In fact a great deal of time would be spent producing less power than my son needs to wind up his torch.
January 30th, 2009 at 2:48 am
Very interesting …
Very interesting and an excellent video.