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By the way... (4.00 / 3)
Last week I worked along the Budapest-Vienna railway line, which crosses a windy plain full of wind turbines. Who can identify the types?



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by DoDo on Fri Jul 2nd, 2010 at 02:57:11 AM EST
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One more:



*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Fri Jul 2nd, 2010 at 03:06:05 AM EST
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1st Photo: Can't tell the dimensions, but the two wtih green-blended tower bottom tower sections are definitely Enercon, guessing E-66 or E-70. Larger turbine appears to be Vestas, but can't be certain from the photos.

2nd Photo: guessing Vestas but unclear on model (V-80?). Painting seems to be local developer or utility. Could also be REpower or Nordex. i'm stumped.

3rd Photo: ??? But always good to see turbines by railroads.

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by Crazy Horse on Fri Jul 2nd, 2010 at 04:31:39 AM EST
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3rd: They look like they have the same broad, round nacelles as the German ones in the first picture.

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by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri Jul 2nd, 2010 at 05:08:53 AM EST
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btw, the Enercon's have that different shape as they have no gearbox, with the rotor directly feeding the larger low-speed generator, hence direct-drive.

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by Crazy Horse on Fri Jul 2nd, 2010 at 05:13:42 AM EST
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What's the energy efficiency loss with a gearbox; why aren't all turbines direct drive?

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Mon Jul 5th, 2010 at 04:53:29 PM EST
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The background ones in the 1st & 3rd photo: two each from the same farm of 5 Enercon E-70 units. One of them (the one on right in the 3rd photo) is just beside the tracks, once we stopped right there, and it was the first time I heard turbine noise separate from wind noise (from this gearless unit, only aerodynamic noise, a swoosh like a landing airplane but much more silent).

The foreground one in the 1st and the three in the 2nd photo: I think those are REpower MM82s from a farm of 12 turbines. The logo indeed belongs to developer Wien Energie.

There were Vestas and Gamesa units in the area, too, but I couldn't catch them on zoomed-in photos.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Fri Jul 2nd, 2010 at 05:10:26 AM EST
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Danke, DoDo, wish i could have caught the workhorse MM82s. Actually been a while since i've seen one.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Fri Jul 2nd, 2010 at 05:17:35 AM EST
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wind geek speaking (4.00 / 2)
Enercon E82s

Wind power
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 2nd, 2010 at 08:07:00 AM EST
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The stanchions look rather old tech, how old are they?
by njh on Sat Jul 3rd, 2010 at 08:22:36 PM EST
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About 15 years old. I'm not sure about what looks old tech, but the stachions certainly look light and thin compared to what you see on high-speed lines (or new/renewed Austrian lines with their massive concrete poles). Then again, this is a 160 km/h line, they don't have to be all that strong.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Sun Jul 4th, 2010 at 04:49:41 AM EST
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1st picture: 2 Enercons and one Repower 2MW. The Enercons have the new blades, so it's the 2MW, probably the E82.

2nd pic: looks like the Repowers, but it's hard to say - maybe the Nordex?


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by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 2nd, 2010 at 08:06:30 AM EST
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