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WKN Group repowers the Weidehof wind farm

(DGAP-Media / 06.01.2015 / 10:57)

WKN Group repowers the Weidehof wind farm

Wind farm already commissioned in 2014

Husum, 6 January 2015 - At the end of 2014 the Weidehof wind farm in the
district of Dithmarschen
in Schleswig-Holstein was connected to the grid as scheduled within the
framework of a repowering project. The former eight turbines of Vestas
types V47 and V52 that had been mainly erected in 1999 were replaced by
eight new and more powerful Enercon E 70 wind turbines. The new turbines
have an installed capacity of 2.3 megawatts each and have been built to a
hub height of 64 metres, taking into account that there is an airfield in
the near vicinity. The Weidehof wind farm now has a total installed
capacity of 18.4 megawatts.

Westküsten KG, which owns four of the eight new turbines, and three other
companies, which are mainly held by local communities owning the other four
turbines, had ordered the WKN Group with the implementation of the
repowering project. BGZ Fondsverwaltung GmbH, a subsidiary of the WKN AG,
took on the economic and corporate law conception associated with the
project. Wind pioneer WKN ensured the turnkey construction of the new
plants. During the implementation of the repowering measures, WKN AG was
also responsible for the construction of the foundations of the new wind
turbines.

The disassembly and marketing of the old turbines was also organised by BGZ
Fondsverwaltung. The old turbines, originally built by WKN, are to find a
new home abroad.

"It is particularly good news that, despite a highly ambitious schedule,
the commissioning of all wind turbines was able to be ensured under the
more advantageous conditions of the former EEG (German Renewable Energies
Act)," Olaf Nicolaisen, Managing Director of BGZ Fondsverwaltung, reports.
"The partners benefit from this to a high degree." WKN Chief Operating
Officer (COO) Roland Stanze is particularly pleased that the repowering
project once again provides conclusive proof of the extensive value-added
chain of the WKN Group: "WKN had planned and built the original old
turbines, supported them technically and commercially over their entire
service life through its subsidiaries, and has now successfully implemented
their renewal with significantly increased capacity. The fact that
customers commission us again today is evidence of how much trust they
place in us."


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