New wind turbine to supply 18,000 households with electricity

Created: 04/13/2022, 15:57

The new wind turbines from Siemens Gamesa should be able to supply 18,000 households with electricity every day - and thanks to special synthetic resin they should also be recyclable.

Aalborg – More electricity and less waste – the new wind turbines from Siemens Gamesa promise a lot for people and the environment.

The new super wind turbine should be able to supply an average of 18,000 households with electricity.

This is made possible by the power of the wind turbine of 14 megawatts.

Even 15 megawatts should be possible.

For comparison: A wind turbine with an output of six megawatts can supply around 3,500 households with electricity for a year.

But wind turbines can also be a threat to animals*.

The new wind turbines are real giants: With a diameter of 236 meters, their rotors cover a wind area of ​​43,500 square meters, according to Siemens Gamesa.

The rotors are made in one piece, as a video from the group on Twitter shows.

But there are even wind turbines that do not require any rotor blades at all, such as the wind turbines from the Spanish start-up Vortex Bladeless.

Wind turbines important for the energy transition: Siemens Gamesa uses recyclable synthetic resin for rotors

The rotors are manufactured in a Siemens Gamesa factory in Aalborg, Denmark.

Rotor blades are often made of fiber-reinforced plastic.

Recycling and disposal of such plastics is very expensive and not all components can be fully recycled.

Siemens has therefore come up with something for its new wind turbines with the designation SG 14-236 DD.

The company uses a special synthetic resin for its new wind turbines.

When the wind turbines have reached the end of their service life after around 25 years, the components of this resin can be separated from one another.

According to the group, it is possible to almost completely recycle the rotor blades.

Wind turbines provide green energy, but are not always good for the environment.

That is why the Siemens Gamesa group has developed recyclable rotor blades.

(symbol photo) © Julian Stratenschulte/dpa

According to Siemens, series production of the new wind turbine should begin in 2024.

A prototype is scheduled to go into operation at the end of this year (2022) on the Danish island of Jutland at the Østerild wind turbine test field.

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