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Wind Energy at the Nerefco Refinery Reduction of CO 2 Emissions by 20,000 Tonnes Per Year Wind power and oil, a symbiosis of fossil fuel and wind energy. 10 The nine giant Nordex wind turbines at the refinery Nerefco, Europoort Rotterdam in the Netherlands, have now been erected and since the end of November 2002, the complete wind farm of 22.5 MW has been in operation. ery intensive coordination work has been “Vcarried out before the mounting of the N80/2500 kW wind turbines at the Dutch refinery”, says Jan Gräff, Nordex Project- and Site Manager. “First of all, the existing safety rules had to be followed when working at the refinery.” Therefore, safety training was required before the staff were allowed to work at the site, and also the site organisation had to be certified to meet the safety standards. Furthermore, risk assessments required that the crawler crane had to be disassembled before WINDPOWERUPDATE ı Europe moving it from one place to another. This was done in order to minimise the risk of it falling into a tank at the refinery. Then, also according to the safety rules, each wind turbine has been installed with extra safety equipment. Lifts in the turbines are one of the special features in order to make safe access possible for the refinery’s employees. Furthermore, automatic fire extinguishing systems have been installed in each nacelle as well as a lightning sensor system for
switching off the wind farm in case of lightning, a connection of the NC2 and the SCADA computer to the control system of the refinery and an ice sensor on each nacelle for switching off the turbine in case of possible ice on the blades. The installation of the wind turbines went according to schedule. When one turbine was erected the main crane was dismantled, moved to the next foundation, and assembled again ready to erect the next wind turbine. While one team was erecting the wind turbines, another team made the final installation and commissioning of the erected wind turbines. The customer, BP, is on target to successfully complete its first major wind power project, and new projects of this kind are expected to follow. In this connection, Nordex will be considered as a possible supplier and once again have the chance to prove its performance in the megawatt projects. One of the majestic Nordex wind turbines at Europoort, Rotterdam. No. 15 ı December 2002 11
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