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Ever higher for greater yields: Nordex installing the world's tallest wind turbine

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Ever higher for greater yields: Nordex installing the world's tallest wind
turbine

28.06.2016 / 09:51
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- Total height of just under 230 metres

- Global premiere for 164-metre hybrid tower

Hamburg, 28 June 2016. Nordex has installed the world's tallest wind
turbine to date in Hausbay in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
With a hub height of 164 metres and a rotor length of 65.5 metres, the
N131/3300 wind power system reaches a total height of just under 230
metres.

Located roughly 100 kilometres west of Frankfurt/Main, the "Hausbay-
Bickenbach" wind park has been developed by Kreuzberger & Spengler
Regenerative Energie from Dunningen-Seedorf.

The 164-metre hybrid tower is made of a 100-metre concrete tower and two
tubular steel tower segments. Over the last few years, this design has been
used for over 500 Nordex N117 and N131 wind power systems with a total of
height of up to 200 metres. Consequently, this enhanced version
incorporates considerable practical experience.

With a total height of just under 230 metres and a lower blade tip height
of 100 metres, the N131/3300 will be able to make use of air layers
offering a greater yield, thus increasing annual output. At the same time,
it is exposed to less turbulence in hilly and forest-rich terrain.
Certified in accordance with Dibt (German Institute for Building
Technology) guideline 2012 for wind zone S, the turbine is particularly
designed for low-wind regions with wind speeds of an annual average of up
to 7.5 m/s.

Type testing for the N131/3300 with a hub height of 164 metres was
completed in January of this year. Noise emission and measurement reports
for the 3 MW and the 3.3 MM version of the N131 are also available.

The "Hasbay-Bickenbach" project uses a 100-metre concrete tower supplied by
long-standing Nordex partner Max Bögl for the first time. As a leading
producer of prefabricated parts, the group has been building combined
prestressed/steel hybrid towers since 2010. Production of the 3.80-metre
tall elements with a uniform wall thickness of 30 centimetres at the
company's own facilities ensures consistently high quality and precision of
the components, enabling the hybrid tower to be assembled within two weeks.

About the N131/3300
The N131/3300 is a new version of the N131/3000 from the Generation Delta