The Netherlands: RWE Tests Two Offshore Turbines Onshore

This week, RWE Innogy and Essent have inaugurated two Repower 6M wind turbines in the Dutch city of Eemshaven. The turbines have each a rated power of 6.15 MW and a hub height of 114 meters. This type will also be used in the wind farm Nordsee Ost in German waters.

The two on-shore installed Offshore turbines extend with 12.3 megawatts the installed capacity of the biggest Dutch RWE Innogy Onshore wind farm Westereems up to 168 megawatts. “The history of wind farm Westereems excellently shows the rapid technical development of wind energy through the years. Where 20 years ago our wind farm consisted of 40 turbines to serve over 5,000 households with green electricity, now only one of the modern 6M turbines at this site is capable of doing so. This is enormous,” says Roy Schwarzer, Head of Wind Onshore at RWE Innogy.

Besides the expansion of the existing wind farm the operation of the plants in Eemshaven offers gaining new insights for their employment on the high seas in the project Nordsee Ost.

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Press release, November 7, 2012; Image: Repower