In Germany,  the world’s highest wind turbine has been put into action. It has a hub height of 160 m and the whole turbine is mounted on a frame with a base of 30 m and a weight of 347 tons. The rotor diameter is 90 m and its power rated at 2.5 MW. The estimate is that it will generate a yearly 7 million kWh.    

20 km west of Cottbus, Brandenburg, Duitsland, a specialist SeeBa   has put the world’s highest wind turbine into action. Eight people needed four weeks to connect all the pieces of the frame that serves as the base. From road construction to operation took two months.

The base looks like the base used for high power lines. The height of these latter can be up to 230 m, for instance, for the lines over the river Elbe at Hamburg.

World’s Tallest Wind Turbine

The base carries a wind turbine of [Fuhrländer](http://www.fuhrlaender.de/) with a 90 m rotor diameter and a power of 2.5 MW and will generate 7 million kWh per year. Inland, we expect 35-45% more power to be generated at 160 m height than at 100 m height. Roughness of the terrain is the main reason why windspeeds at lower heights decrease.

SeeBa   realized far more than 250 wind turbines on these frames, and half of these on frames of 100 to 117 meter height. These heights are of interest for inland positioning to take advantage of the higher average windspeeds at higher elevations. The fact that the frame does not consist of a big pillar but instead of many small parts, makes transport over smaller roads easier, and there are some places where transport of big parts is an issue. SeeBa also is a project developer of wind parks.

Source: WSH