2011 WIND INDUSTRY in gERMany - Wind-Energy-Market

Manufacturers Wind turbinesPowerWind GmbHPowerful wind turbines for community-scale projectsThis Hamburg-based company develops and manufactures wind turbines with ratedoutputs of 850 kW to 2500 kW. Thanks to advanced power electronics, customisedservice concepts and comprehensive customer service, the products are particularlysuitable for community-scale projects of up to 30 MW.PowerWind GmbHAddress Kehrwieder 820457 HamburgFederal state Hamburg / GermanyPhone +49 (0) 40 / 741067 - 0Fax +49 (0) 40 / 741067 - 599E-Mail info@powerwind.deWebwww.powerwind.deProfileCategoryEmployees 150Founding year 2007Wind turbines (> 100 kW)Manufacturers[01] Rotor blade transport for the first USproject for PowerWind in Massachusetts[02] PowerWind engineers at the nacelle of aPowerWind 90 in the factory in Bremerhaven[03] A community-scale wind farm with twopowerWind 56 turbines in Ludkowo (Poland)[01][02]High quality through experiencedresearch and development employees“Engineered and Made in Germany” is thequality stamp of PowerWind GmbH. Sixtyengineers who have been employed in thewind energy sector for many years work inthe company’s Hamburg headquarters. Dueto this extraordinarily high level of expertise,the company has been able todevelop two product platforms in justthe few years since it was founded: thePowerWind 900 kW and 2500 kW powerclasses. Thanks to their advanced powerelectronics, both have excellent fault ridethroughcapabilities and meet even themost demanding electrical grid requirements,such as those of the German Ordinanceon System Services by Wind EnergyPlants (SDLWindV). The gearbox protectionconcept developed for the 2500 kWplatform ensures optimum transmissionof torque and protects the gearbox fromundesirable loads through hydraulic gearboxsupports, two main bearings, a deformation-resistantmachine frame and fullscaleconverter.Product variants for high andlow wind speedsVariants with different rotor diametersallow optimum yields to be achieved atsites with high and low wind speeds. TheIEC IIA version of the 900 kW platform witha 56 m rotor diameter – the PowerWind 56– has been in series production since January2008. The light-wind variant – thePowerWind 60 – with a rated output of850 KW and 60 m rotor diameter will beavailable for selected markets from 2011.The IEC IIA version of the 2500 kW platformwith a 90 m rotor diameter – the PowerWind90 – was first put into operation inDecember 2010. The light-wind version –the PowerWind 100 – with a 100 m rotordiameter will be available from 2011.International orientation towardscommunity-scale projectsSince the company was founded in 2007,PowerWind GmbH has already sold morethan 120 wind turbines. The company isfinanced by Warburg Pincus, an internationalgrowth investor. From the ultramodernmanufacturing facility in Bremerhaven,turbines have already been suppliedto Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria,Azerbaijan and the east coast of theUSA.Thanks to cutting-edge technology, customisedservice concepts and a comprehensiveand individual customer service,PowerWind wind turbines are particularlysuitable for community-scale projects.These projects of between 1 MW and 30 MWmostly have a local ownership structure;the energy is consumed in the immediatevicinity of the turbines. Typical customersinclude schools and universities, localindustrial companies, local project developers,municipalities or leisure facilities.PowerWind’s first US turbine, for example,generates enough energy to power thelifts and snow cannons for an entire yearin the Berkshire East ski resort in Massachusetts.PowerWind customers appreciate thewealth of personalised advice and roundthe-clocksupport from the sales andproject-management teams during theproject development. The variety ofoptional service modules allows for customisedsolutions and guarantees thatevery customer only engages the servicesthat they really want.42 Wind industry in germany