Here are a few tidbits from a photo diary over at Eurotribune, 5MW with
location picture, that shows the construction of a 5 mw wind turbine.
For information and photos, check out Talisman.
The background data:
The Turbines are in a water depth off approximately 45 meters
– The size of key components include:
— Sub sea jacket height (including transition piece) – 70 meters
— Piles – 44 meters below sea bed level
— Tower height – 59 meters
— Giving an overall hub-height of 87 meters above sea level
— Rotor blade length – 61.5 meters (Giving an overall height from subsea to rotor blade tip, of 234.5 meters)
– Total weight:
– Rotor blades and hub – 125 tonnes (blades are 17.5 tonnes each)
– Turbine – 305 tonnes
– Tower – 225 tonnes
– Subsea jacket and associated equipment – 760 tonnes
– Piles (4) – 120 tonnes each
– Power Produced – 5 mega watts for each turbine, giving a total of 10 mega watts for the Demonstrator Project.
