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EDITORIAL
Page 16: Climate change As far as cost development is concerned, ther steps towards improving efficiency
Glaciers are melting the trend is looking positive. The Dena Grid are the latest tower heights of over 100 m.
Study showed that the development of
wind energy will only cost the average ENERCON's patented storm control system
household around 13 euro per year. Addi allows the wind turbines to remain availa
tional costs for the development of wind ble even at wind speeds of over 25 m/s
energy would be between 0.39 and 0.49 (approx. 90 km/h). ENERCON wind tur
cent per kilowatthour. bines gradually reduce output during
storms and remain connected to the grid
While government subsidies for anthracite instead of shutting down. This prevents
and lignite mining use up almost 10 billion yield losses at locations with gusty or
euro in tax money every year, the consu strong winds.
Cover photo: ENERCON wind farm in
mer only has marginal costs with the de
Ireland.
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2004 (including Northern Ireland) out of cluding the regulatory environment and region around Dublin and the northern
which 148.35 MW were installed only in the lack of public awareness and know Donegal, Mayo and Connemara regions
the past year. how continue to impede further deployment. should benefit from the planned structural
improvements.
However, the technical potential differs To increase medium and long term devel
from the economic potential – which is to opment potential, the Chamber of Com Looking at medium and long terms, Ireland
be defined as the economically viable part merce estimates that network and de expects to have an economical develop
of the technical potential, taking all costs mand restrictions have to be eliminated. ment potential of approx. 2,000 MW
and additional financial benefits into ac In particular, this means expanding the installed power with an energy output of
count. The central question is why the eco existing electricity network in order to 7,000 GWh. Which means that wind ener
nomic potential is lower than the technical ensure access for grid feed, especially in gy could cover power supply for more than
potential. In essence, the unfavourable en country areas on the northwestern coast 1.5 million households (more than 1/3 the
vironment for renewables allied to the ab of Ireland suffering from urban spread. population).
sence of incentives, is hampering the en Furthermore, investment in improved
hanced use of renewable energy. mediumhigh voltage is necessary in order At the end of the year Mr. Noel Dempseys
Renewable energy is made almost unvia to accommodate additional wind turbine T.D., Minister for Communication, Marine
ble, because energy production from fos capacities. To make up for missing invest and Natural Resources gave the green
sil fuels is still cheaper than tapping into ments in public electrical power supply, light for further development in the field of
renewable energy sources. In addition, the ESB is planning to improve and develop an renewable energies. Plans are to realise
unfavourable framework conditions in adequate infrastructure. Especially, the 235 MW out of wind, biomass, hydropower
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and solar energy. In the long run envi
ronmentally friendly energy politics should
be able to guarantee supply. The lion's
share, however, will go to wind energy.
Given the very real challenges of climate
change and the excessive national reli
ance on imported fuels (that currently
stands at around 89 per cent), Ireland's
dependency on fossil fuels is unsustain
able in both environmental and economic
terms. Increasing the deployment of renewa
ble energy resources, which include wind,
hydro, biomass and solar energy, is re
cognised as a key component of sustain
able development, at both national and EU
level. Realising the potential of national re
newable energy resources has strategic
importance as a means of improving
security of supply and protecting the econ
omy. In addition the Minister confirmed
offers of contracts to two offshore wind
demonstration projects and three biomass
combined heat and power projects. Other
technologies include landfill gas and
anaerobic digestion plants. Ireland has one of the best wind resources in the world. The red and blue areas on the European Wind Atlas
show the highest wind speeds in Europe almost the entire country of Ireland has either an excellent or very
good wind resource.
Daniela Niggemeier, ENERCON Sales Ma
nager, observes the new terms within the the initial investment costs with no con be favourable. This is helped by the gene
AER Programme matteroffactly: "AER is sideration being taken of the recurring ex rally positive view of the public towards re
a marketoriented programme, but the de penses. It takes a number of years for re newable energy, and in particular towards
velopment quota should be increased and newable energy technologies to pay off. wind energy: wind energy is seen as a
smaller project planning offices should With this framework in place, what hope 'good thing'. Furthermore, people living in
have a fair chance at calls for tender." can there be for renewable energy tech proximity to a wind farm also hold these
nologies to be used in public building pro positive attitudes. It is encouraging that
According to Ralf Lissek, Executive Direc jects?” those among the general public who have
tor of the GermanIrish Chamber of In actually seen a wind farm are even more
dustry and Commerce, there are “numerous However, the Irish don't seem to be op positively disposed towards them than
Government subsidies available for elec posed to renewable energy. A survey carried those who have not yet seen one. Even
tricity generation or for research, develop out by Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) de more encouraging is the finding that those
ment and demonstration purposes. Ne partment in 2003 indicated that decision who live within sight of an existing wind
vertheless, we wonder why there are no makers and planners were ready to meet farm express positive views about it.”
funds available for heat generation from up with occasional conflicts, but in gen However, the public have definite prefer
renewable sources in private households.” eral the Irish are quite open to wind farms. ences when it comes to the number of
He also points out that only the private wind farms and their spatial extent. There
sector – if funded for the use of renewa David Taylor, CEO SEI, explains: “The prin is a preference for smaller wind farms
bles will generate the necessary demand cipal conclusion of this major study of at (comprising less than 25 turbines), even if
to convince installers to deal with the mat titudes to wind farms in Ireland is a posi this means having more than one wind
ter. “Public projects are financed by the tive one that those involved in planning farm in the locality.
exchequer. We hear that these projects are and developing wind farms should expect
assessed only in relation to the amount of that the general attitude of the public will
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Impressive
82 tons of steel
ENERCON at the Hanover fair
SUPPLIER
1,850 m cable
for one E70
Stuttgart company Lapp supplies cable to ENERCON
WIND ENERGY
Using opportunities
Wind energy in Southern Germany is only progressing slowly
ast year 21 turbines with 35 MW rated Bavarian wind maps indicate areas with
L power were installed in Bavaria, which
means that at the end of 2004 a total of
mean wind speeds at 50m height which,
with appropriate technology, are suitable
251 wind turbines with 224.23 MW were for wind power production. That is 16.28
feeding power into the grid. Only four other percent of the State of Bavaria.
German states installed fewer turbines:
Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg and Saarland. If 20 percent of these windy regions were
However, all four states together do not used to produce power, that comes to 3.25
even cover a fourth of the area in Bavaria. percent of Bavaria's total area. If 2 MW tur
Often seen in Southern Germany: A crux. Might In BadenWürttemberg the case is similar. bines such as the E70 were installed on
wind turbines become as normal as this? Is there no wind in Southern Germany? these surfaces, 31.27 billion kWh could be
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produced. This is approx. 46 percent of Ba in this wine region by the end of 2004. Last 830,000 kWh of clean energy in 2003
varia's energy consumption. Land required year alone 27 new turbines with 39.7 MW which was a not a windy year. Last year it
for access roads, construction and opera were installed. The year before that it was produced 110,000 kWh more. When he
tion based on an estimated number of only 19. "Unfortunately, the level of in announced his plans for the turbine, May's
9,380 turbines would be 3752 hectares or stalled power is still low due to strong re neighbours were in an uproar and com
0.053 percent of the area approx. 4,000 sistance from the parting Prime Minister", plained that it would destroy the view of
m² per turbine. If we consider 400m² of Pesch regrets. "We still have a sufficient the countryside. Since it was erected, it
impermeable surface per turbine, only ap number of suitable locations which would doesn't seem to bother anyone anymore.
prox. 375.2 hectares or 0.0053 percent of be worth developing. Wind energy could
the region's surface sealed. The rest of the produce at least 10 percent of Baden The nearby natural reserve Frankenhöhe
area would be available mainly for agricul Württemberg's power and together with which borders BadenWürttemberg is one
tural use. If E112s with 4.5 MW capacity other renewable energy sources could of the sunniest regions in Southern Ger
were installed the number of turbines provide a considerable amount of clean many. The southern slopes are covered
could be reduced to approx. a third. and consumer friendly electricity." with mountain thyme and wild orchids.
Wild boars, foxes and martens often cross
"Bavaria is a windy region", emphasizes Karl May is a resident of Middle Franconi the hiking trails. Here, May senses close
Joachim Keuerleber, Head of ENERCON an Steinsfeld near Rothenburg ob der Tau ness to nature. He runs a farm and also
Sales for Southern Germany and Chairman ber. His first experience with wind energy keeps bees. "Things aren't looking very
of the German Association for Wind Ener was not very pleasant. In 2000, a turbine bright for farmers at the moment," says
gy (Bundesverband WindEnergie) for Up was erected near his farmyard and he was May. At first he thought about installing a
per Franconia. The prerequisite however is bothered by shadow flickering. However, biogas plant but later scrapped the idea
that politics, communities and residents this problem was solved with shadow because he wanted stop animal farming
realise the necessity for a change in ener shutdown and he began to become more and therefore would no longer have had
gy supply and place more emphasis on an interested in wind energy. "Our turbine manure to produce the gas. Karl May is
energy mix of hydro, wind, biomass, solar was connected to the grid on 19 Decem certain that many South German farmers
and hydrogen cell power supply. "One ber 2002," he remembers. The E40, would be happy if they could assure their
source alone cannot provide sufficient pow which has a 78 m hub height, produced future as alternative energy farmers.
er. Just the same as fossil fuel power
plants are not able to cover the entire
need. But first this fact has to be recog
nised," he adds.
NEWS
Research and
development important
EWEA about wind energy growth in Europe
decreased by some 80 per cent since the
first modern wind turbines were installed
in the beginning of the 1980s. The sector
estimates that some 40 per cent of the
cost reductions achieved over the past two
decades can be contributed to improved
technology through R&D. Scale economies
in production, a function of market vol
ume, has been the other large contributor.
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