The company replaced 29 aging wind turbines with 15 multi-megawatt turbines from the MM series. This has almost trebled the total output of the Kronprinzenkoog wind farm.
Since the beginning of June, four REpower MM92 turbines (hub height 80mt) and 11 REpower MM82 turbines (hub height 59mt) have been erected and commissioned at the wind farm. Each of these 15 turbines has a rated output of 2.05MW.
Jens Muller-Nielsen, head of Repower’s German business unit, said: “Kronprinzenkoog is one of our biggest projects in Germany in the last few months. It is also a positive example of how to make optimum and efficient use of a region’s wind resources.
“Because of the distance regulations in force in Germany, only smaller areas are usually designated for wind farms. That is why there is great potential in business involving substitute facilities in this country in particular.”
The project is said to be the first REpower wind farm to receive a system certificate in line with the German System Service Ordinance.
