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RWE has put the Lesse and Barbecke wind farms
which are located next to each other in Lower Saxony
back into full operation following a successful repowering project
17 wind turbines which were around 20 years old were replaced by 11 more powerful
The new wind turbines have a total capacity of 61.8 MW
more than twice the previous total (30.6 MW) and they can supply the equivalent of around 43 500 households with green electricity
The town of Salzgitter as well as the municipalities of Lengede
Burgdorf and S&ouml;hlde are expected to make a profit of up to &euro;280 000 per year from the wind farms
With a considerably larger rotor diameter of around 150 m
the new turbines can capture more wind and produce green electricity even at low wind speeds
This means that the power output is set to more than triple
This is the result of having successfully repowered the Lesse and Barbecke wind farms
We are particularly delighted to have finished the work sooner than planned due our dedicated on-site team and the excellent collaboration with our partner companies
This shows once again that RWE is accelerating the expansion of renewables.&rdquo; 
RWE has already started the next repowering project
It will double the capacity of the Lasbek wind farm in the Hamburg metropolitan area
Further repowering projects across Germany are currently in planning
Dive into the latest renewable energy insights in the Autumn issue of Energy Global
The issue starts with an insightful guest comment from Cristiano Spillati
Managing Director at Limes Renewable Energy where he discusses the need for European renewable energy suppliers to accelerate the rate of the energy transition
This is followed by a regional report from Cornwall Insights on the battery energy storage industry in Australia
This issue explores key topics including offshore wind subsea cables
Read the article online at: https://www.energyglobal.com/wind/06122024/rwe-repowers-german-wind-farms/
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