17
Jan
14:56
Nordex launches 134-metre all-steel wind towers
German wind power plant maker Nordex has begun to install turbines on all-steel towers with a new maximum height of 134 metres.
Prior to this the manufacturer had always installed its turbines with hub heights in excess of 120 metres in continental Europe on hybrid towers. These are a combination of concrete and tubular steel, with two thirds of the height taken up by concrete.
The reason for this limitation was that, for very high hub heights, the …
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