Wind farm BispoVento II
in Vila do Bispo, Portugal

... is generating power since Oct. 2003 in addition to 4 existing Enercon E 40/500 kW.
 

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unit energy - energias renováveis, S.A.(UEER) (former known as Picos Verdes Lda.) owns and operates since July 1998 near Vila do Bispo in the Algarve four wind turbines ENERCON E 40 with 500 kW each.

Photo: Eucalyptus trees partly incinerated by forest fires have been taken out to improve wind flow. These trees are ecologically noxious as they are dramatically lower than the ground water level. They give place to a step by step construction of a photo voltaic energy plant permitted since 1999. In the free area the photo voltaic farm BVS 1 with 100 kWp is set up in 2005.

Windwin has taken over all shares of Unit Energy Portugal SGPS, S. A. (UEP) on 1 July 2003, mother company of UEER, who is now operating additional generators for 10 MW power supply nearby. These are seven Fuhrländer wind turbines MD 77 with nominal 1.5 MW each and 77 m rotordiameter on 65 m hub height, which are feeding into the grid since 12 November 2003.

All permits were available 2002 after approx. five years of expensive development procedure. A substation and 60 kV overhead line with a capacity of 20 MW was built up, just in preparation of the enlargement of the wind farms.

The photo above shows seven MD 77 with 1.5 MW nominal power each. They are positioned 1000m west of our four Enercon E 40 - 500 kW - which operate since 1998 as wind farm BispoVento I (former "Picos Verdes").

Fuhrländer MD 77 wind turbines are well-proven licensed models from German manufacturer Repower. The developers and licensees are highly experienced in that field and this type is one of the most produced wind turbine generators in the world.

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