Enercon E-160 Turbines in Operation: Energiequelle Starts Construction Of Wind Project in Eulitz in Saxony

Eulitz, Germany - Energiequelle GmbH has started the construction of two Enercon wind turbines in Eulitz in the district of Meißen in Saxony. The two E-160 wind turbines with a hub height of 166 meters each have a capacity of 5.56 MW.

The construction of the roads, crane pads and foundations has now been completed and the delivery of the large components is imminent. Construction and final commissioning are scheduled for the end of the year 2024. The expected annual yield of the project is around 36 million kWh of wind power.

Energiequelle already received the approval for the wind turinbes in November 2022. However, due to a rescheduling of the turbine type, construction could not begin until much later. In the meantime, the Dresden-based Energiequelle GmbH team was also concerned that the regional plan of the Upper Elbe Valley/Eastern Ore Mountains regional planning association would be overturned and the necessary planning law would therefore be lost. The ruling of the OVG Bautzen on 11.05.2023 that the priority and suitability areas for wind energy use in the 2020 regional plan were indeed declared invalid. However, according to Energiequelle, the project is not affected by the ruling due to the BImSchG approval already granted at that time.

Following the repowering of the Mittelherwigsdorf wind farm, the Eulitz wind farm with the two Enercon E-160 turbines is the second wind project planned and realized by Energiequelle in Saxony, with further wind energy projects in the state to follow in the coming years.

Source: IWR Online, 25 Jul 2024