Issue

06/2004

WIND BLATT
The ENERCON Magazine

Global
currents

Pages 4-5: New office in France

Bienvenue chez ENERCON

Pages 10-11: Wallonian wind project

Young shareholders
Pages 14-15: Interview with Powercorp Manager

Is Australia going backward?

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Editorial
Dear Readers,

Christmas is just around the corner

and the year is coming to a close.
However, actions to maintain our
planet’s climate are still only
progressing slowly.

Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has

signed the federal law concerning the
ratification of the Kyoto Protocol to
the Framework Convention of Climate
Change. This was a wise decision
because Russia is also endangered
by, for example, melting permafrost.

Unfortunately, the United States of

America are still shirking their
responsibility on this topic. It
depends on whether the President
of the United States will change his
outlook on this matter.
In the coming year we will continue
to work hard together to propagate
the use of renewable energy in order
to protect our climate. On this note,
I would like to thank you for your
commitment and wish you and
Clean energy
“Presently, a lot of countries are
entering a new way to a future,
based on clean energy sources”,
Sales Manager Stefan Lütkemeyer
gathered from the results of the
sixth international ENERCON meeting
Worldwide wind market at the
Another substantial issue was the world
wide political situation for renewable ener-
gies. As shown on a graph (right) the Ger-
man feed-in law has to be seen in direct
context with the breakthrough of wind
energy. That means, the main reason for
Germany being the world’s number one
wind country are the political frameworks.

your families a peaceful festive “Get together”.

season and a prosperous start
in the New Year.
Yours sincerely,
Aloys Wobben,
Managing Director ENERCON GmbH
Cover photo: The new E-70 (site in
Central Germany, Ense) is attractive
for the international market.
hey came to the ENERCON head-
T quarters in East Frisian Aurich from
all over the world: sales managers from
Europe – Scandinavia, Italy, Portugal and
Spain as well as from overseas like Brazil
or India. They visited the first ENERCON
nearshore project, an E-112 (4.5 MW), and
wind farms with the new types E-70 and
E-48. Following a tight schedule almost
50 international ENERCON sales officers
used the meeting for discussions about
world wide economy and politics.
Now Governments have started supporting
green energy in order to fulfil their Kyoto
promises or because of a growing energy
demand combined with dwindling sources.
Many of them have planned to pass a simi-
lar feed-in law, because a fair price for the
kilowatt hour is the best way to multiply
renewables in the energy mix.
At the Get Together Friedrich Herzog,
ENERCON Sales Manager for Austria, made
clear how the market depends on a law:
Since 06/2002, Austria has had a fair ge-
neral energy law, which let the market
grow faster then ever before. For 2005 the
Government is planning new regulations
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International ENERCON sales team at the Get Together.

as key to the future

International ENERCON meeting “Get Together” discussed

with a smaller tariff by tender. That will ditions Brazil is on the right path for a gro- At this Get Together two facts have been em-
mean a shock for the Austrian wind mar- wing wind market. phasised: There are almost as many different
ket. Herzog declares: “Due to often chan- models for a new feed-in law as there are
ging regulations we have an uncertain Asia expert Joern Kristensen gave informa- countries. And: A new energy century has al-
market situation, which is a problem for in- tion about Taiwan. “The Government is still ready started. Not only in Europe but also
vestment.” debating to adopt a “German-like” system overseas. “Clean energy is the key to the
with fixed prices. Presently, the negotiation future”, summed up Executive Officer Paulo
In other countries like in Greece, Portugal level is 2.00 NTD = app. 5.0 € ct”, he said. Pereira at the end of the Get Together.
and Spain or Italy, good conditions for wind
energy already exist. For example in Italy
the installed wind power is expected to
2003 / 2004:
reach 1,200 megawatts with the use of MW amendment of the Renewable Energy
Sources Act
green certificates. The potential of the 1.400
Export (Plan) March 2001:
Italian market is evaluated at about 3,000 1.200 European Court of Justice: German feed-
to 4,000 MW at present conditions and in- Export in model is in accordance with the
1.000 Germany (Plan) European competition law
cluding some enhancement.
Germany
800 April 2000:
Renewable Energy Sources Act
South America has slowly started with wind 600 January 1997:
power. Pedro Vial from Wobben Windpower Change in the Building Law; WECs are classified
400 as privileged building projects
in Brazil has waited a long time for this law.
The Alternative Energies Insentive Program 200 1991:
Feed-in Law
PROINFA, which foresees 1,100 MW of wind 0
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
energy until the end of 2006, now receive
Years
a remuneration system, that guarantees
50 to 56 euros for a MWh. With these con- ENERCON capacity has been influenced by German politics.
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Bienvenue
chez ENERCON
New sales and service office opens in Compiègne, France
The French Government’s objective
is to produce 21 per cent of France’s
power out of renewable energies
by 2010. ENERCON will help to reach
this target. After implementation of
its first wind farms, ENERCON
has now opened a sales and service
office near Paris.
eter Schuster has already settled
P down in Compiègne. The ENERCON
sales manager for France is very fond of
the country and keen on developing France’s
wind market. Currently, France has in-
stalled 299.8 MW capacity in 64 wind farms
(of which 17 are in overseas regions) and
552 single wind turbines (of which 267 are
in overseas regions). For 2007, the Govern-
ment’s target is an installed capacity of
2,000 to 6,000 MW (Source: suivi-éolien).
Schuster is convinced that the ENERCON
turbines have a lot of advantages in terms
of economics and technology. The grid
Peter Schuster, sales manager for France.
management for single turbines as well as
for wind farms is a special plus for ENERCON
as the turbines are capable of supporting
even weak grids. The new ENERCON wind
turbine, type E-70, with 2 megawatts rated
power and different hub heights up to
99 m, satisfies broad market demand.
As for the new E-48 (800 kW), its total height
of 90 m from the ground to the rotor tip is
a very interesting feature for the French
market. Common to both is the revolutio-
nary rotor blade design allowing for the low
noise emission and a distinctive increase
in efficiency. Furthermore, thanks to their
gearless design, the ENERCON turbines are
extremely maintenance-friendly.
ENERCON’s new sales and service office in
France is located in Compiègne, only 80 km
north of Paris. “That means we reach every
wind farm and customer in less than one
and a half hours; for longer distances we
have the high-speed train, the TGV”, re-
marks Peter Schuster. Important for the
growth of the renewable energy market is
the feed-in law, true for France as well as
many other countries. In 2003, the share of
Tanja Pintschovius is member of the ENERCON team in France.
wind energy in the French energy mix was
only 0.06 per cent whereas nuclear power
had a share of almost 75 per cent.
The French feed-in law could change that.
The contract period is 15 years from com-
missioning, which has to start within two
years after application. In that context, it is
necessary to know that the date of the
purchase contract is important for fixing
the tariff, not the commissioning date. The
feed-in law is a good start, but bureaucracy
sometimes slows changes. “In France, the
time for approval is a problem. Therefore,
small wind farms with three E-48 (below
2.5 MW) needing only the Simplified Agree-
ment Procedure (Notice d’Impact) would be
one of the keys to moving things forward”,
Peter Schuster explains.
A big event for the new French team was
the inauguration of the ENERCON wind
farm in Plouguin (Brittany) where inter-
esting discussions with visitors, farmers
and residents took place. ENERCON was
delighted to realise the community’s high
level of acceptance, with its own group of
musicians taking part in the inauguration.

Thierry Ternois shows that farming and wind energy are an excellent combination.
The extension of the Plouguin wind farm is
already planned. Another wind farm of six
E-66 (2 MW) has just been installed in
Nibas/Saucours on the Picardy coast near
Abbeville.
Following is a short introduction to the
office staff in France:
Peter Schuster, 41, is sales manager for
ENERCON in France. He has been doing bu-
siness for ENERCON for almost eight years.
As a sales manager for Northern Germany,
most of his customers were farmers, deve-
lopers and public utilities. To date, the gra-
duate economist has been in sales for
14 years. He had already worked in France
100 turbines in the
land of the gods
On the island Lesbos ENERCON has
just installed the 100th wind turbine in
Greece. The E-40 is part of an enlarge-
ment of wind Farmaeoliki Antissas a.e.,
near Terpandros Aiolika Parka a.e., for
customer Elliniki Technodomiki. In 46 m
hub height there are ideal wind condi-
tions of almost 8 m/s. The realisation
was no problem especially because a
grid connection has already been there.
Near the wind farm a fossil tree was
found, therefore the developer had to
change the position of the site a little.
prior to coming to ENERCON. “This is one of
the reasons why I wanted to go back to
France. Another incentive is the very at-
tractive French wind market”, he explains.
Tanja Pintschovius is 33 years old and grew
up in Aurich, the town in the north of Ger-
many where ENERCON’s headquarters are
located. After studying economics for tou-
rism, she was working for ENERCON as
the assistant to the project management
supervisor and did project planning for ex-
port projects. Since October, she has been
supporting sales and project management
in France. Years ago, she lived in Paris for
some months and always spent her holi-
days in this beautiful country. “So it is a
On the island Lesbos the 100th ENERCON wind turbine in Greece has been installed. The photo how ever
shows the wind farm Terpandros Aiolika Parka a.e. , where the 98th turbine has been built.
6/2004 WIND BLATT 5
pleasure for me to come back here to
work”, Tanja says.
Thierry Ternois is 31 years old. With his
wife and three children, he lives in Ardèche,
a region in the French Rhône valley with
quite strong winds. He is a mechanical
engineer and a graduate of Université de
Technologie de Compiègne (UTC). “I have
always been attracted by renewable ener-
gies and really hope that France, with its
wind power, is on the right track to diver-
sify its energy sources and give the rene-
wables a chance”, he explains. At ENERCON,
he is responsible for project management:
site preparation and coordination, trans-
port, foundation works, commissioning and
taking over.
Renata Crut, 59 years old, was born in
Lingen, Germany, but has been living in
France since she finished her studies. Now
Peter Schuster’s assistant, she left Com-
piègne only for two and a half years in
order to work on a wind farm project
Germany.
ENERCON GmbH
Bureau français
8, Chemin d’Armancourt
60200 Compiègne
France
Phone +33 3 44 37 35 10
Fax +33 3 44 37 35 20
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Maximum safety and

cost effectiveness
The importance of regular service intervalls in wind turbines

Regular maintenance checks
as a precautionary measure
can also protect wind turbines
from fire outbreaks.
ire prevention in wind energy tur-
F bines is a complex subject. Due to
the construction and height, possible fires
or initial fires are difficult to control.
Now and then various fire prevention solu-
tions are discussed but offer no real gua-
rantee for safety. Due to the complex elec-
trical system, water cannot be used to
extinguish fires. Instead nitrogen or other
similar gases have to be employed. Since
the wind energy turbine has to have excel-
lent air ventilation properties and because
of this, the use of nitrogen is complicated.
This does not include the damaging effec-
ts on the environment and the danger for
persons who may be in the turbine.
If one considers that out of the over 7,400
ENERCON wind turbines installed world-
wide practically non of the turbines have
ever had a mentionable fire or initial fire,
installing this type of expensive extin-
guishing system would have to be looked at
with at critical eye. ENERCON has repaired
any damage caused by fires. In addition,
the cause for these fires was examined by
well-known fire damage experts. The re-
sults were then immediately taken into
consideration by ENERCON Service and
the appropriate measures were taken to
remedy the problems.
“We think that systematic and early hazard
detection is more important”, explains
Michael Hölscher, Technical Director of
ENERCON Service.
Hölscher feels that the quarterly mainte-
nance periods are necessary, for example,
as a precautionary measure to prevent
fires. During maintenance, all vital com-
ponents undergo visual and mechanical
checks. Fires break out occasionally due to
short circuits. This means that special
attention has to be paid to check weak
spots such as cable connections and PCBs.
If a source of risk is detected, this can be
closely checked in all turbines of the same
type within just a few weeks during the
course of maintenance intervals. Through
quarterly maintenance the service tech-

Number of remote monitoring status messages (average)

per year per WEC - Germany
10.00

8.00
7.50

5.50
5.00
5.00

4.80

0.00
until 2000 2001 2002 2003 Forecast 2004

The chart shows the advantages of quarterly maintenance. The change-over from bi-annual to quarterly maintenance intervals was introduced in 2001.
Less shutdowns mean higher availability; therefore higher yields and less expenditures for the customer.
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Maintenance cost
for customers
Maintenance cost comparison for turbines
with EPK and those without ENERCON
Partner Konzept. The blue arrow indicates
that the operating costs with EPK remain the
same, while with just a simple maintenance
contract (green arrow) the increase over the
years is apparent. With maintenance, (red
arrow) which only covers necessary repairs,
the costs soar considerably. It is obvious that
regular maintenance checks within the fra-
mework of the EPK contribute to reducing
failures and thus also reducing costs.

nician can quickly update or modify any Temperature monitoring, symmetrical po- just react when the damage is already the-
components subject to faults in all ENERCON wer limits, replacement of critical compo- re. Since approx. 90 percent of our turbines
turbines worldwide. nents, more intelligent software, and many are serviced within the framework of the
other details are decisive factors when it ENERCON Partner Konzept (EPK), ENERCON
Since 2001, ENERCON has been carrying comes to protecting ENERCON turbines has an interest in reducing dangers by
out quarterly maintenance checks (approx. against fire. carrying out regular maintenance. Our goal
every 2,000 operating hours) instead of is to achieve maximum safety and cost
just two per year which has cut the average All knowledge and experience concerning effectiveness", Michael Hölscher resumes.
number of status messages in half and hazard zones is channelled into the main-
consequently has increased the availability. tenance information and passed on to over With the type of sophisticated technology
650 service technicians in Germany. Main- in a wind turbine, fire hazards can never be
ENERCON’s Scada Monitoring System is tenance documentation are constantly up- excluded 100 per cent. However, ENERCON
one of the important factors in minimizing dated and used for all turbines. has taken the steps to substantially reduce
fire hazards. The E-70 alone transmits the risks. Comparisons within the wind
several thousand status messages to the “Especially since our maintenance intervals energy sector confirm that the amount of
Service department. These indicate any are short, we are able to carry out preven- fire damage is lower in ENERCON turbines
abnormalities and where they appear in tive maintenance to avoid damage and not and that this is the right approach..
the turbine. In the nacelle alone, there
are 80 sensors which check the tempe-
rature in the different areas. As soon as
there is a conspicuous change in tempe-
rature on one of the components, the tur-
bine shuts down. This would be the case
when the heat sink in the power converter
gets too hot. ENERCON has developed its
own control system which e. g. monitors
the power flow of specific components.
This means that several similar compo-
nents, such as the three pitch motors
used to adjust the rotor blade position are
monitored to see whether they all use
the same amount of power. If the values
differ, this could indicate a fault and Ser-
vice is alerted. More and more often this
also occurs as a warning message and
does not always cause an immediate shut-
down. ENERCON emphasises on elaborateness in service.
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A special present
for the young ones
Belgian artist sells shares of a wind project for children’s future
The county of Wallonia intends to
meet the Kyoto target to produce
22.1 per cent of renewable electricity
by 2010. But the reality looks
different: The Government would
even be happy with 14 per cent.
Bernard Delville is one of the few
Belgian fighters for wind energy. His
projects make renewables popular.
andrine is excited. The ten year old
S Belgian girl opens her birthday pre-
sent from her godfather Luc. It’s an impor-
tant looking certificate with the picture of a
wind turbine on it. Godfather Luc explains:
“Now you are owner of a small part of this
mill. And this one will help our planet to
stay as beautiful as you know it.”
The Belgian artist Bernard Delville had the
idea for this fascinating project: The share-
holders for the three ENERCON wind turbi-
nes E-48 which he is planning, go to kinder-
Installation of the first E-40 in Mesnil.
garten or primary school. Parents, relatives
and friends buy shares for their children and
by that they invest twice in their future: First
they put money into something financially
profitable, and then they save the climate.
Delville is a special, very rare character.
He has forever been fighting for renewable
energies – and this often in the most char-
ming way by using his art works as a trans-
mitter for the message. For example in the
70’s he already installed a gigantic wind
harp, made of bamboo and over hundreds
of kilometers long. Nowadays Delville lives
in the beautiful nature of Mesnil in Wallonia
near the border to France.
There he has already achieved another
wind project for children with an E-40. And
with his hands the turbine became an art-
work: Over the whole foundation area
Delville created a snail-shell out of wooden
sticks and gravel. Within these winding
forms the artist symbolises the motional
power of the wind.
The inauguration of that wind turbine in
May 2004 became an enormous event with
fireworks and a spectacular ethnic dance
show by a local youth group. The young
folks came dressed in historical Mongolian
costumes, swinging huge red flags and red
shining flambeaus.
The mountain range of Mesnil-Finnevaux
across from Beauraing is a zone of wind
compression. This fact well known to the
residents has been confirmed by the first
months of power production by the E-40.
“We are very happy with the E-40. Until
now it has produced even more than fore-
casted”, smiles Bernard Delville.
In the middle of the year 2001 the commu-
nity “Allons en Vent” was founded by Del-
ville. 44 shares of 400 euros each were sig-
ned by sympathisers, parents and children.
A measurement mast of 30 m height was
installed and the 3E group accomplished
the measurements. After 14 months the re-
sults were excellent. The middle wind speed
Delvilles art works on the foundation.

of 5.5 m/s at 30 m height let assume a wind
speed of 6.0 m/s at 75 m, which is a profi-
table middle wind speed for midlands.
Delville is convinced that his next project
will also be a success. He just hopes that
there won’t be any problem with the grid,
as there is a cabin of only 15,000 kV. But
he believes in the technology. “The E-48
with the new blades has a higher effi-
ciency, and the people are already very in-
terested in the project”, he says, and adds:
“They like the idea of doing something
positive for the future of their children.” No
wonder 500 shares for 100 euro each have
already been sold. Until now there are still
3,500 left. “If we sell all of them we don’t
even need a bank as financer”, Delville
explains. Delville aims 4,000 sold shares
within three years.
The young investors get six per cent for
their shares. After two years they get a
small amount. More over they get physical
advantages like special offers in a book-
shop for books with environmental topics.
As the turbines will be built in a natural re-
servoir, the landscape is impressive. Del-
ville already has the permission to install
the turbines over an area of 600 ha land. So
nature plays an important part within the
project. The children get responsibilities
like taking care of a biotope near the wind
turbines. And they will paint signs which
show tourists, what animals and plants
Inauguration with fireworks.
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they can observe in the surrounding area of
the wind farm.
With another children’s project Delville was
already very successful. Together with his
partners he made a tour through small vil-
lages and invited children to a “wind aca-
demy” with an exhibition and games on
wind energy.
The contract will be signed by the end of
2004. Foundation-work will probably start
in May 2005. “And it is not that we only let
Belgian children participate. We hope to
find young shareholders all over the
world”, Delville emphasises.
Contact: vents-houyet@skynet.be
www.vents-houyet.be
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Photo from left: Estonian Prime Minister Parts, Tullio Liblik, Mark Altvee form Ühisliisingu AS, Joern Kristensen (ENERCON Sales).
Keen interest
is there
Estonian Prime Minister visits ENERCON in Magdeburg
stonia’s Prime Minister, Juhan
E Parts, showed extreme interest in
wind energy during his recent visit to
ENERCON’s Magdeburg production site.
Together with ENERCON’s Estonian custo-
mer Roheline Ring, the PM took part in
the signing ceremony of a contract for
four E-70 wind energy turbines in Estonia.
Each turbine has 2 MW rated power.
During the PM’s visit, the PM asked a lot of
questions concerning the EEG (Renewable
Energies Act) and the feeding-in of wind
power.
The construction for the turbine founda-
tions is planned for Spring 2005. Petra
Wernicke, Minister of Agriculture and
Environment in Saxony-Anhalt, greeted
the Estonian guests at ENERCON in
Magdeburg. ENERCON Magdeburg Sales
Manager, Frank Ihme, guided his guests
through the generator production halls
at ENERCON’s production site in Schilf-
breite.
Along with the contract signing between
ENERCON and Roheline Ring there were
also discussions about the energy situation
in general and in particular renewable
energies in Eastern Europe. The Minister
President of Saxony-Anhalt, Dr. Wolfgang
Böhmer, also took part in the event.
Roheline Ring UO is a pioneer in Estonian
wind energy. Together with the power
supply company Eesti Energia, they have
already developed the first commercial
wind energy project in Estonia compri-
sed of three ENERCON E-40/6.44 with a
600 kW rated power. At that time the Tech-
nical University Tallin was also involved in
the development. For more than two years,
under severe climatic conditions, these
turbines have been feeding environmental-
friendly power into the grid to the custo-
mers’ utmost satisfaction.
Estonia has to adjust to a growing demand
for energy. By 2008, the existing oil shale
fired power plants will not be able to cover
the demand. Wind energy could become an
alternative to the threatening dependence
on imports. The Estonian government is
aiming to cover 5.1 per cent of its energy
mix with renewable energy by 2010. Not
only has ENERCON realised wind energy
projects in Estonia, but also in Lithuania
and Latvia.
Just as for the entire wind energy sector in
Germany, the export markets are becoming
more and more important. This year ap-
prox. 30 per cent of the company’s pro-
duction was for export. Next year this por-
tion will increase. Over 2,400 turbines are
already running outside of Germany. In
addition to Magdeburg and the head-
quarters in Aurich, ENERCON has pro-
duction sites in Sweden, Brazil, Turkey and
India. There they produce not only for the
German market, but also for the respective
markets in South America, Europe and
Asia.

How could we use
this weather?
Interview with Tullio Liblik, Managing Director of Roheline Ring from Estonia
In Estonia the interest
in renewable energies rises.
he Managing Director of Roheline
T Ring, Tullio Liblik, speaks about his
experience with wind energy in Estonia.
WINDBLATT: Mr. Liblik, you already have
some E-40s. How did you come to the
idea of developing wind energy projects in
Estonia?
Liblik: Yes, the first wind farm in Estonia
consists of three ENERCON turbines E-40.
They were erected two years ago. So they
have been in operation for 25 months.
WINDBLATT: How are the yields until now?
Liblik: The result in production was a little
better than the estimation.
WINDBLATT: How are the wind conditions
in Estonia?
Liblik: The wind direction in our area is
from the south-east. And our wind farm is
totally open to the main wind direction as it
is placed on the West Coast. But you were
asking about the idea ... That was two
years before we started to erect the first
wind farm. This came out from the situa-
tion that we live on an island, the biggest in
Estonia. My partner and I were often sitting
outside when we were smoking fish. One
day in summer when it was cold, windy,
and raining, my partner asked me: How
could we use this unpleasant situation? So
we came to the idea of wind energy and we
started reading articles about that topic.
WINDBLATT: In Estonia you get very little
per kilowatthour. How do you finance your
projects then?
Tullio Liblik, Managing Director of Roheline Ring.
Liblik: In Estonia we get about 4.9 Cent/
kWh for wind energy. This is one of the
lowest prices in Europe. For the first pro-
ject we got a grant from the German go-
vernment. This helped a lot. With our next
project we had alot of experience with all
the civil works, so we panned the project
much more carefully. And we were able to
explain the profitability to the financers. It
is not much, but still we can run the busi-
ness on the plus side. Certainly the pay-
back time is rather long. And we really hope
that in the near future the price per
kilowatt hour will rise.
WINDBLATT: The Estonian Prime Minister
participated in the contract signing in Ger-
many. Did he give you hope, that there will
be changes?
Liblik: The price we get is based on the
energy price which is influenced by the
price for the main energy resource oil shale.
And I really believe that the price of energy
by burning oil shale is going to rise. This
makes us optimistic that in the near future
we will get a little bit better price than now.
WINDBLATT: So, what will the future for re-
newable energies in Estonia – and for your
company Roheline Ring – look like?
6/2004 WIND BLATT 11
Liblik: Roheline Ring started the first pro-
ject with three E-40s three years ago. Now
we signed the contract with four E-70s.
They will be erected rather close to the
existing wind farm. We have already star-
ted preparation of the next wind project.
And we really hope that we will get per-
missions for grid and site for all 22 wind
turbines, so that we will be able to realise
a wind farm of about 40 megawatts.
WINDBLATT: Are there any other ways to
get more for wind energy in Estonia?
Liblik: Yes, we are going to sell emission
points. That means, with our wind energy
we will reduce CO2 emission, as less fossil
products have to be burned. Nowadays this
reduction has a value. Now we are in nego-
tiations with different possible buyers. This
is one of the ways to make our project cost
effective.
WINDBLATT: One word on the energy si-
tuation in Estonia. You use a lot of oil shale.
Liblik: Mostly energy is produced by oil
shale. And the sources are large enough to
supply Estonia for a long time. We are inter-
ested in wind energy in order to protect the
climate and reduce pollution in the atmo-
sphere.
WINDBLATT: Do you think that the Euro-
pean Union forces new members to think
of Kyoto Protocol and climate problems?
Liblik: That is not the result of the Euro-
pean Union. Most of the people in Estonia
understand that we have to be careful
with our nature for the future of our chil-
dren.
WINDBLATT: Thank you for the inter-
view.
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Claus Weegen photographing the rotor blade tip with the photogrammetry camera.

Any flaws are

discovered
Quality control in rotor blade production using photogrammetry

ENERCON is now using a photo camera laus Weegen is looking through plains: “For photogrammetry, an object is

as a measurement instrument to check

C a photo camera at the tip of an
E-70 blade with the signal strip. The photo
is used for a quality assurance measure-
the rotor blade production quality.
ment called photogrammetry. Ralf Kelling,
ENERCON’s quality assurance manager ex-
photographed with a digital camera from
several different angles. Reference points
are stuck on the blade and calibrated
gauges applied. Later on, a computer pro-
gramme is used to analyse these refe-
rence points. With a number of two di-
mensional pictures this software can now
produce a three dimensional picture of the
reference points. This is called a 3D trans-
formation.”

Photogrammetry has been used for addi-

tional quality control in the various produc-
tion areas at ENERCON Rotorblattfertigung
since September. Claus Weegen, who
works in process planning at Aero is in
charge of the system and carries out the
measurements. If a new mould for rotor
blade production is brought to the pro-
duction site, photogrammetry helps to align
the parts exactly. This facilitates bringing
Computer image of the tip: Each point shown is a measurement point which is transposed onto a CAD model
to be compared with it. The amount of deviation can be read off on a colour scale. Green points, in this case,
the various forms into the exact desired
mean that the measured value and the model are identical. contours during the gluing process. If one
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14 WIND BLATT 6/2003
6/2004
Albany wind farm in Australia.
70 megawatt
for Australia
Mount Millar wind farm project on Eyre Peninsula
arwin company, Powercorp Ope-
D rations Pty Ltd, has won the main
sub-contractor role to assist one of the
world’s leading wind turbine manufac-
turers, ENERCON GmbH, to construct the
wind farm at Mount Millar on the Eyre
Peninsula.
The Australian power company Tarong
Energy will realise a wind farm project with
35 ENERCON turbines, type E-70. The Chair
of Tarong Energy Mr Ken Dredge explains
that the Mount Millar Wind Farm Project –
comprising 35 wind turbines at a total cost
of about $130 million – would be built on
an escarpment between the towns of Co-
well and Cleve.
The 70 megawatt wind farm will generate
sufficient “green energy” to meet the elec-
tricity needs of about 36,000 typical South
Australian households.
These wind turbines will stand on 85 m steel
towers and have a total height of 120 m. The
Mount Millar Wind Farm is going to reduce
Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by
up to 4.2 million tonnes of CO2 during its
25 year life and provide the electricity
needs of around 36,000 households.
Established in 1988, Powercorp develops
intelligent power systems for remote diesel
power stations in the Northern Territory of
Australia. The company, headquartered in
Darwin, Australia, develops management
systems for all levels of power station ope-
ration, including demand side management
and integration of fuel saving plants such
as hydro and wind turbines.
Australia is a country with
excellent wind conditions.
nyway, wind energy grows slowly.
A Alan Langworthy, Managing Di-
rector of Powercorp Australia, explains
why.
WINDBLATT: Could you please describe the
development of wind energy in Australia?
Langworthy: Wind energy is still quite
young in Australia even though work has
been undertaken since the early 70s. Aus-
tralia was a leader in the old days of small
wind generators but lost momentum as the
wind industry picked up in Europe and
the US. The main reason for this is the
abundance of coal. For good or evil Austra-
lian coal is first quality black coal ideal for
power generation. As a result Australia
depends on coal for most of its power sup-
ply. In recent years wind has featured more
as a direct result of the greenhouse gas
debate and Australia’s worry over being
branded a polluter from all the coal bur-

Most Australians want
a strong wind industry
Alan Langworthy from Powercorp about wind energy in Australia
ning. It set a target of two per cent new re-
newable by 2010 and introduced a renewable
certificate system. Over the last few years
some 130 MW of new wind has been in-
stalled of which more than 40 MW has
been ENERCON machines. This is mainly
along the Southern coast line of Australia.
WINDBLATT: What progress did ENERCON
make in this development?
Langworthy: We have seen our market
share steady at 30 per cent and with the
new Mount Millar 70 MW farm we will
maintain a higher market share until a
couple of planned large parks are installed.
But ENERCON will maintain this increased
share with 110 MW installed and more on
the horizon.
WINDBLATT: How are the conditions for
wind energy in Australia? Are there good
locations and how is the wind potential?
Langworthy: There are good wind sites
some with extraordinary average wind ve-
locity. Unfortunately Australia is plagued by
three problems; in the Southern coast line
sites there are very strong objectors on the
basis of visual pollution. In some sites,
connection is a real issue because the
sparse population means that the grid is
weak. Long thin wires are normal. Thirdly
we have severe cyclone zones that require
tilt down design – not suitable for the E-66.
WINDBLATT: Which enterprises or manu-
factures are already established in Austra-
lia and how powerful is ENERCON com-
pared to them?
Langworthy: Vestas and GE are esta-
blished although GE have not yet installed
turbines. ENERCON has a substantial ser-
vice team. We tend to be quiet achievers
not making a big noise at the fairs but buil-
ding wind farms. Often the largest at the
time. The others have a large sales team
but not a big service structure. I think the
quiet achiever with emphasis on service of
installed plant is the correct way to go.
WINDBLATT: Could you please say some-
thing about the political development res-
pectively progress?
Langworthy: Politically I am ashamed to
say Australia is going backward faster than
most other countries are going forward!
We have had a review of the MRET scheme
which basically did nothing to recommend
any improvement then the government is-
sued a white (advisory) paper that outlined
a plan to support coal above all else. I think
wind will be very quiet in Australia over the
next few years – especially because the
conservative government has just in Octo-
ber been re-elected.
WINDBLATT: Could you please explain
the Mandatory Renewable Energy Target
(MRET) in two sentences?
Langworthy: MRET is a certificate scheme
that obligates the retailers to source two
per cent of the sales of electricity in the
year 2010 from new renewable sources. A
regulator sits and certifies what generators
are able to generate the certificates and
these are offered for sale in the market. The
penalty for noncompliance is $a40/MWh so
this is the lid on the trading price – not
much when you consider coal is selling in-
to the pool price at between 10 to 30
dollars. The hope is that this target will be
lifted and that generators will see a future
driver to install green. The opposition party
is proposing to lift it to five per cent. The
threat is that our ten per cent old hydro will
have the base line lowered and that the
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government will claim success in achieving
the Kyoto target but with a manipulation of
old hydro not by installing new green.
WINDBLATT: When did it come into force
and which effect does it have? Which posi-
tion does the coal-industry take concerning
renewable energies? Are there any blocka-
des caused by lobbyists for example?
Langworthy: Yes.
WINDBLATT: Are there examples concer-
ning the positive and independent develop-
ment of wind energy?
Langworthy: Not really because these are
toothless tigers – they have no real power
or interest to push the achievement only to
annoy the government which is of the op-
posite party.
WINDBLATT: What view does the popula-
tion take on wind power plants and wind
energy?
Langworthy: I believe most Australians
want a strong wind industry and this is a
surprise given the lack of pollution in the
air in Australia. We have the not in my back
yard group alive and well though so sup-
port is not everywhere.
WINDBLATT: Are there any bigger projects
planed in future?
Langworthy: We are tendering on a project
that is double the Mount Millar project and
there are several of these about. It is the
long term future that is in doubt not the
short term contract position.
WINDBLATT: Thank you very much.
Questions: Katharina Thyen
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A d d r e s s e s
Blades for Portugal ENERCON International sales offices
ENERCON GmbH, International Dept.
Otto-Lilienthal-Str. 25
28199 Bremen · Germany
Phone: +49 421 2441520
Production facility for wind turbines in Viana do Castelo Fax: +49 421 2441539
e-mail: sales.international@enercon.de
AUSTRALIA
ENERCON Powercorporation Pty. Ltd.
Export Drive · Darwin Business Park
Berrimah · Northern Territory
E-70 with the NT 0828 · Australia
Phone: +61 8 89470933
Fax: +61 8 89470925
e-mail: mail@pcorp.com.au
new rotor blade design AUSTRIA
Hauptstr. 19A · 2120 Wolkersdorf · Austria
Phone: +43 2245 82828
becomes popular Fax : +43 2245 82838
e-mail: enercon@vienna.at
BENELUX
in Portugal. ENERCON Benelux BV
Paxtonstraat 1a
NL-8013 RP Zwolle · The Netherlands
Phone: +31 38 4228282
Fax: +31 38 4228010
e-mail: sales.benelux@enercon.de
BRAZIL
Wobben Windpower

O n a site of about
100.000 m2 ENERCON
is planning to build a rotor blade
Industria e Comércio Ltda.
Av. Fernando Stecca n° 100
Distrito Industrial - CEP 18087-149
Sorocaba - Sao Paulo - Brazil
Phone: +55 15 2101 1700
Fax: +55 15 2101 1701
e-mail: wobben@splicenet.com.br

production facility in the har- CANADA

Wind Power Inc.
Suite # 222 Lebel Manison
bour of Viana do Castelo, a town 696 Kettles Street, Pincher Creek
Alberta TOK 1 WO · Canada
Phone: +1 403 6272923
near Porto in Northern Portugal. Fax: +1 403 6273239
e-mail: wpi@windpower.ca
In this factory, blades for the DENMARK
Bredkaer Parkvej 62 · 8250 Egaa · Denmark
wind turbine type E-70 with 2 Phone: +45 87 430388
Fax: +45 87 430344
e-mail: kristensen@enercon.de
megawatt rated power will be EGYPT
c/o Zaki International Trading
produced. The ENERCON pro- 23 Kasr El-Nil StreetCairo 11111 · Egypt
Phone: +20 2 3923670
Fax: +20 2 4170023
duction facility is located close e-mail: zit@starnet.com.eg
FRANCE
to the harbour and offers an ex- ENERCON GmbH bureau français
8, Chemin d’Armancourt
cellent infrastructure for trans- F-60200 Compiégne
Phone: +33 344 371573
Fax: +33 344 371574
portation by sea. GREAT BRITAIN
Axiom House, Station Road
Stroud, Glos. GL5 3AP · Great Britain
Phone: +44 1493 782018
Fax: +44 1493 789094
Today almost 200 ENERCON e-mail : info@enercon.co.uk
GREECE
wind turbines produce the ENERCON S.A.
20, Pentelis Ave. · 15235 Vrilissia
Athens - Greece
same amount of megawatts of Phone: +30 106838490
Fax: +30 106838489
e-mail: enerconh@otenet.gr
green energy in Portugal. In INDIA
ENERCON (India) Ltd.
2004 (September) ENERCON had Kolsite House, Plot Nr. 31
Shah Industrial Estate
Veera · Desai Rd., Andheri (West)
a market share of 40 per cent in Mumbai 400 053 · India
Phone: +91 22 56924848
Fax: + 91 22 26730085
Portugal. e-mail: mktg@enerconindia.net
Windblatt is printed on mainly recycled paper. Printed with Ökoplus printing ink.

ITALY
ENERCON Service Italia S.r.l.
Via G. Della Casa 7· 82100 Benevento · Italy
Phone: +39 082 425257
The German market leader Fax: +39 082 4336883
e-mail: info@enerconitalia.it
started its activities in Portugal PORTUGAL
c/o Gellweiler Lda.
Travessa do Alecrim, 3 - 2°
with the erection of 20 E-40s in 1200 Lisbon · Portugal
Phone: +351 21 3407160
1997. The manufacturer will in- Fax : +351 21 3407169
e-mail: aesteves@gellweiler.pt
SPAIN
tensify the fruitful cooperation ENERCON Spain S.A.
c/o València Parc Tecnològic
with subcontractors such as Av. Juan de la Cierva, 27
E-46980 Paterna Valencia · Spain
Phone: +34 961 3662-90
Somague, Construcòes, Siemens Fax : +34 961 3678-75
e-mail : enerconspain@telefonica.net

and Cariano & Irmao, S. A. and SWEDEN

c/o Energy Converter AB
A new E-70 in Serra da Cabreira in Portugal. In future blades for this type will be Stenåldersgatan 19 · 21376 Malmö · Sweden
produced in Portugal. Tegopi. Phone: +46 40 143580
Fax: +46 40 222420
e-mail: scandinavia@enercon.de
TURKEY
ENERCON Service Ltd. Sti.
Imprint WINDBLATT MAGAZINE Editorial office:
ENERCON GmbH Aurich · Nicole Weinhold
The WINDBLATT magazine appears every two months and is
PK.: 23 Kiziltoprak · Istanbul · Turkey
regularly included in the newspaper “New Energy”, magazine of
Publisher: ENERCON GmbH · Dreekamp 5 · 26605 Aurich nicole.weinhold@enercon.de Phone: +90 216 4149202
Phone: +49 4941 927-0 · Fax: +49 4941 927-109 the Federal Association for Wind Energy. Fax: +90 216 3452959
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