Stora Istad Wind Farm

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Stora Istad Wind Farm
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Location of Stora Istad Wind Farm
Country Sweden
Location Borgholm Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden
Coordinates 56°56′7″N16°49′5″E / 56.93528°N 16.81806°E / 56.93528; 16.81806 Coordinates: 56°56′7″N16°49′5″E / 56.93528°N 16.81806°E / 56.93528; 16.81806
Status Operational
Construction began April 2006
Commission date November 7, 2007
Construction cost 150 million Swedish kronor
Owner(s) Istad Vind AB
Wind farm
Hub height 119 m
Rotor diameter 82 m
Power generation
Units operational 5 1.95 MW
Make and model Enercon: E82
Nameplate capacity 10 MW

The Stora Istad wind park (Swedish : Istadparken) near Stora Istad in Borgholm Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden is a wind park on the island of Öland.

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History

A meeting with affected landowners took place November 9, 1999, and a land-use contract was signed on November 15, 1999. However, delays in the form of an environmental impact assessment requirement from the County Administrative Board, an expanded list of affected landowners, and the contractor's, Eolus Vind AB, building permit process intervened. A new tenancy agreement was signed November 2004, and the Miljödomstolen declared its approval of the project on July 21, 2005. Construction commenced in April 2006 with unit one, Stora Istad 1, on the north end of the site.

Environmental impact assessment

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Following these delays, the completed park sat idle, waiting for connection to the grid by E.ON Sverige. [1]

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The park was opened on November 7, 2007 with State Secretary Jöran Hägglund of the Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications in attendance. [2] It cost a total of 150 million Swedish kronor and is investor-owned via Istad Vind AB. [3]

Jöran Hägglund Swedish politician

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Technical details

The Stora Istad wind park has five Enercon E82 turbines, each rated at 1950 kW, for a total capacity of about 10 MW. [4] The turbines have a rotor diameter of 82 meters and a total height of 119 meters. [1] Initially, the park was, like others in Sweden, subject to a ceiling of 10 MW, requiring the operators to throttle its output by 0.5 MW to avoid exceeding it. [5]

Enercon German company

Enercon GmbH, based in Aurich, Lower Saxony, Germany, is the fourth-largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world and has been the market leader in Germany since the mid-nineties. Enercon has production facilities in Germany, Sweden, Brazil, India, Canada, Turkey and Portugal. In June 2010, Enercon announced that they would be setting up Irish headquarters in Tralee.

The park's substation was dimensioned for the addition of a further three turbines. [1]

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A substation is a part of an electrical generation, transmission, and distribution system. Substations transform voltage from high to low, or the reverse, or perform any of several other important functions. Between the generating station and consumer, electric power may flow through several substations at different voltage levels. A substation may include transformers to change voltage levels between high transmission voltages and lower distribution voltages, or at the interconnection of two different transmission voltages.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Ståhl, Michael (2007-04-18). "Kraftlös vindkraft i Stora Istad" (in Swedish). Ölandsbladet. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
  2. ↑ Istad Wind Power Management AB website
  3. ↑ Ståhl, Michael (2007-11-08). "Största vindkraftverket invigt" (in Swedish). Ölandsbladet. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
  4. ↑ Vindstat website
  5. ↑ Ståhl, Michael (2007-04-27). "10 MW-regeln är föråldrad" (in Swedish). Ölandsbladet. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
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