Enercon to supply 42 MW of wind turbines for Dutch repowering project

Germany’s Enercon GmbH has been brought on board a repowering project in the Netherlands to supply and install 42 MW of new wind turbines.

Enercon was selected by Swedish utility Vattenfall AB and Dutch investment firm Gooyum-Houw BV, which are putting EUR 60 million (USD 73.2m) in the project to replace 16 old turbines at the Nij Hiddum-Houw wind farm.

The German manufacturer said it will replace the old machines with nine 4.65-MW units of the E-136 EP5 turbines, each with a hub height of 109 metres and 136 metres in rotor diameter. Once up and running, the new turbines will generate some 160,000 MWh per year.

The Nij Hiddum-Houw wind farm is located at the eastern end of the man-made dyke Afsluitdijk, where the average wind speed reaches over 9 m/s at hub height, according to Enercon.

In a separate statement, Vattenfall said it will own four the nine turbines. Gooyum-Houw, which is a partnership formed by 45 private individual and area companies, will own the remaining five machines.

Preparations at the site started in December. Construction activities are due to start in the second half of 2021, while the commissioning will take place a year later.

(EUR 1.0 = USD 1.221)

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