Download WindpowerUpdate 15 - Nordex

The Fontanelles wind turbines
situated 1040 metres above sea
level.
The site is exceptional for several reasons: The two projects
consist of 12 x N60/1300 kW GL1 turbines with tubular towers
and a hub height of 46 metres. The wind farms are estimated to
produce a total annual power output of 61,700 MWh, and with
a total of 15.6 MW they are the biggest wind farms installed in
France so far.
The mean annual wind speeds are 10 m/s at the Fontanelles
hub height and 10.4 m/s at Merdelou which makes this project
very particular and attractive to investors. It is considered to be
one of the best sites in France and is located at an altitude
between 980 metres and 1040 metres above sea level on the
exposed ridges of the French Massif Central.
Due to this site location, the conditions for the Nordex erection
teams were a big challenge. The erection period was in the
winter and the early spring with loads of snow and ice, but due
to the exceptional performance of the site- and erection teams
from Per Henriksen and Mikkel Mæhlisen, the two wind farms
have been in operation since February 2002.
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