Enercon E-126 sets new standards
In the fall of 2012, Energiequelle GmbH reached a new milestone: the company commissioned its first Enercon E-126 wind turbine at the Lausitzring race track in Brandenburg. At 7.5 megawatts, the world's most powerful wind turbine to date is capable of replacing four to six conventional turbines. With a total height of 198 meters and a rotor diameter of 126 meters, it converts the wind in Lusatia into around 12 million kilowatt hours of electrical energy per year. This makes the new wind turbine, which was built together with the manufacturer Enercon, part of the “Formula 1” of wind turbine technology.
Commissioning
The commissioning of the E-126 marked the completion of another building block in the “Green Lausitzring” project. The aim of the project is to provide a completely self-sufficient supply of electricity and heat to the race track and other major energy consumers in the surrounding area using renewable energies. Other building blocks that have already been completed include a solar carport system with an associated solar filling station and a biogas plant that supplies both electrical and thermal energy.
The Lausitzring is the youngest race track in Germany. It was built on a former open-cast mine and opened in 2000.