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The operator of the 60MW German offshore wind test field Alpha Ventus is preparing to exchange the nacelle of an Adwen AD 5 - 116 turbine, part of which for still unknown reasons fell into the North Sea in early April.
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NDR German public television reported on the damaged Adwen M5000 turbine at the 60MW Alpha Ventus offshore North Sea wind farm off the northern coast of Germany.
When the pioneering Alpha Ventus wind park was put into operation in 2010, expectations were high, the NDR reports.
This includes the 400MW Global Tech 1 and the 200MW Trianel Borkum West 2.1 wind farms, as well as the remaining five Adwen M5000 machines at Alpha Ventus that are running in idling mode.»
The Alpha Ventus wind park is operated by energy producer EWE, which pegs the financial losses resulting from the damage at 40,000 euros daily.
The Global Tech 1 turbines are not the same as the Alpha Ventus unit, but a «further development».
The failure of retaining bolts led to a nacelle casing falling off an Adwen M5000 turbine at the 60MW Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, according to the project's co-operator EWE.
German television has broadcast images of the damaged Adwen M5000 turbine at the 60MW Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.
The annual yield of the 60MW Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm exceeded expectations in 2012 by 15.3 %, pumping 267.8 GWh of power into the German grid.
The rear part of a nacelle casing on an Adwen M5000 turbine broke off and fell in the sea at the 60MW Alpha Ventus wind farm (pictured) in the German North Sea.
Nevertheless, the reliable power yield generated by Alpha Ventus shows that power generation from offshore wind farms is on the right way.
However the Global Tech 1 turbines are not the same as the Adwen machine installed at Alpha Ventus but a «further development», she said.
Meanwhile, service technicians have so far not been able to enter the damaged Alpha Ventus turbine as the helicopter winching area is missing and Adwen has not allowed boats to approach the turbine for safety reasons.
German developer Alpha Ventus plans to build in the next few months a dozen turbines with both tripod and jacket technologies.