The Hesselbach Wind Farm (also known as Windpark Hesselbach) is North Rhine-Westphalia's first forest wind farm. It is situated in the forests of Bad Laasphe-Hesselbach. It consists of eight turbines, each with 3 megawatt (MW) capacity and was opened 2013.
Windpark Hesselbach | |
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Country | Germany |
Coordinates | 50°54′27″N 8°23′02″E / 50.9076°N 8.3839°E |
Status | 0 |
Commission date | 2013/2014 |
Owner(s) | Wittgenstein new energy |
Operator(s) | Wittgenstein new energy |
Wind farm | |
Type | Onshore |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 8 × 3 MW |
Make and model | Vestas V112 |
Nameplate capacity | 24 MW |
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editWikimedia Commons has media related to Hesselbach Wind Farm.
- energy agency NRW: Wind farm opened in Bad Laasphe to open up the forest for wind energy (in German)
- RWE: Electricity from the woods Archived 2014-04-18 at the Wayback Machine (in German)