ECN: Prototypes lease

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Prototypes lease

A wind turbine manufacturer can lease the location for a period of four to five years. He pays a yearly lease fee and receives in return benefits of the produced electricity. The test site can accommodate prototypes with installed electrical powers up to 6 MW, hub heights up to 150 m and rotor diameters up to approximately 150 m.  The route to obtain a building permit is relatively short. Usually the civil activities at the site can start within three months after the lease contract is concluded. The 10kV grid connection cables are already available at the prototype locations.

Extension of the test site

Thanks to the success of the test site, ECN will extend the site with both a wind farm for ECN’s R&D programs and new prototype test locations. The prototype locations will facilitate turbines up to approximately 12 MW installed power.

Prototype wind turbine on the test site

Manufacturer

Siemens Wind Power

General Electric

General Electric

Siemens Wind Power

XEMC-Darwind

Type

NG7

2.5 xl

2.5 xl

SWT-3.6-120

DD 115

Rated Power

3.0 MW

2.5 MW

2.3/2.5/2.75 MW*

3.6 MW

5.0 MW

Hub height

90 m

85 m

100 m

80 m

100 m

Rotor diameter

113 m

88/100/110/103m*

94/100/103m*

107/120m*

115 m

(To be) installed in

2011

2004

2005

2005

2011

* Different configurations tested on the test site

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