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The first REpower 5M turbine was installed at the first far-from-shore off-shore wind farm in Germany, alpha ventus. The farm, which will consist of six REpower 5M and six Multibrid M5000, altogether 60MW -- relatively small, but this is considered a test phase for a much bigger farm.

Also today, REpower got an order from Vattenfall (huh, yes, Vattenfall!) to supply 30 of the same type (150 MW total) for the Ormonde off-shore wind farm in Ireland.

Meanwhile, the network connection for the Baltic 1 wind farm in the Baltic Sea commenced.

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by DoDo on Wed Jul 15th, 2009 at 12:53:59 PM EST

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Though to be precise, that's a Multibrid turbine, which is why the Areva logo is there.

Here is a photo of the beginning of installation for the REpower jacket foundations, which began last month.

The REpower 5M turbines will be installed over the next months.

You can watch construction live here. Scroll on the right to Blick von FINO 1 auf das Baufeld von alpha ventus

You can see the first Multibrid live, though it will be some time before commissioning.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Wed Jul 15th, 2009 at 01:24:01 PM EST
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Though to be precise, that's a Multibrid turbine

Ah, right. I believe I 'copied' the mistake from IWR, but it's not there anymore.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Jul 15th, 2009 at 01:40:48 PM EST
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Multibrid turbines (4.00 / 2)

I saw then loaded in the boat that took them (part of the way) to site just a couple weeks ago:

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by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed Jul 15th, 2009 at 03:21:51 PM EST
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Re: Multibrid turbines (none / 0)

Der lebt noch!

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Wed Jul 15th, 2009 at 03:35:14 PM EST
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Vattenfall (4.00 / 4)

has bought several offshore projects in the UK last yea - Thanet (300MW with Vestas) and Ormonde are the most advanced ones. I was working on the financing of Ormonde, but Vattenfall, so far, does not use project finance (the financing for Thanet was even in the market when they bought the project, and yanked the deal out)

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed Jul 15th, 2009 at 03:24:16 PM EST
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By this you mean Vattenfall don't see fit to borrow?

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by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Wed Jul 15th, 2009 at 03:31:49 PM EST
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They don't use non recourse debt, building the project on their balance sheet. They borrow on a corporate basis.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed Jul 15th, 2009 at 03:39:22 PM EST
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What's most interesting is that a small German utility, EWE, has taken the lead position in this project, against E.On and Vattenfall. EWE is the local utility from Oldenburg, Germany, not an international player by any stretch.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Wed Jul 15th, 2009 at 03:37:19 PM EST
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You mean apha ventus rather than Ormonde? (Whih, before someone else corrects me, is in the Irish Sea off the UK, not in Ireland...)

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by DoDo on Wed Jul 15th, 2009 at 03:54:46 PM EST
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Mein Fehler. I meant Alpha Ventus.

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by Crazy Horse on Wed Jul 15th, 2009 at 04:29:31 PM EST
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