Wind farm project planning strategies - explained transparently
The successful planning of wind farms is a complex process that requires technical expertise, comprehensive analysis and close cooperation with landowners, authorities and municipalities. The aim is to identify suitable sites, meet the technical and legal requirements and realize economically viable wind turbines. In doing so, we take into account both ecological aspects and the interests of the landowners.
We rely on three proven approaches: white area analysis to develop new potential areas, greenfield project planning on already designated wind priority areas and repowering to modernize existing turbines.
New areas for the energy transition
Withefield - Analysis
The federal government’s land use targets enable us to identify potential areas for wind energy use and promote their designation as wind priority areas. First of all, exclusion criteria are defined, such as legal distance regulations to residential buildings, overhead power lines, nature conservation areas, etc.
All areas that are not excluded result in the white areas, which are then examined and evaluated in terms of their economic viability on the basis of further criteria.
A wind farm from scratch - the start of a greenfield project
Greenfield- project planning
Project planning on greenfield sites is known as the greenfield strategy. In this case, the areas are already designated as wind priority areas in regional planning. The planning law is therefore in place. Contiguous plots of land are required for planning.
Efficient land use and increased electricity production
Turbine- Repowering
Repowering” refers to the replacement of existing, technically outdated, low-performance and low-yield wind turbines with modern, more powerful and therefore more efficient turbines. Technology has developed rapidly since the early days of wind energy. As a result, significant improvements have been achieved in terms of noise emissions and the reliability of turbine operation. Furthermore, new turbine models are significantly more powerful than their predecessors, which are up to 20 years old. This means that a multiple of the previous electricity yield can be generated on the same area.
