General Electric Company (GE), through its GE Renewable Energy business, has signed a turbine supply agreement with Max Bögl Wind AG to deliver and commission a wind turbine integrated with pumped storage hydro-electric power.
The Gaildorf project, which is located in Germany’s Swabian-Franconian Forest on the Limpurger Berge uplands, will comprise four units of GE’s new 3.4-137 wind turbine technology and a 16MW capacity pumped storage hydro-electric power plant, which will be supplied under a separate agreement between Max Bögl, Naturspeicher and Voith.
GE onshore wind business president and CEO Anne McEntee said: “We are very excited to collaborate with Max Bögl on this pilot project; a first for the industry.
“We are committed to exploring innovative renewable energy technologies that have the potential to improve grid flexibility in Europe and around the world.”
The base and surrounding area of each wind turbine tower will be used as a water reservoir, thereby extending the height of the tower to 40m.
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By GlobalDataOnce installed, the wind turbines will stand at a height of 246.5m which is the tallest to date.
With a total tip height of 246.5m, once installed these units will become the tallest wind turbines in the world to date.
The four wind turbines will be commissioned by the end of next year while the complete Gaildorf power plant is expected to become operational by the end of 2018.
Image: Wind turbine for Gaildorf project. Photo: courtesy of General Electric.
