Bant, Noordoostpolder ( Netherlands )

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Mr. Gerard van Tilburg is the owner of a farm in Bant in the Noordoostpolder, in the Netherlands.
Since 1994 Gerard has a Lagerwey 30 / 250 kW wind turbine at 70 meters from the main farm buildings on a 40 meter concrete pole. The turbine has been upgraded in 2005 with a complete new WES electrical cabinet.

In 1992 Gerard decided to run a energy neutral farm and make a contribution to a cleaner environment, this was the main reason to buy the turbine. In the early days 0,06 Euro was paid back per kWh and the ROI was not very stong. But times have changed and the price for energy has increased. Last few years the price per kWh was around 0,15 Euro.

Sometimes on sunny days Gerard and his wife climb up for a clear view on the crops, they sometimes bring up coffee an enjoy the magnificent sight from 40 meters.

Maintenance for this turbine is done by Dutch Wind Turbine maintenance expert: Hoekstra each 6 months a maintenance teams comes over to do the maintenance. The turbine is switched of for maintenance 1 day or less per maintenance job.

The energy produced is sold to the grid. The turbine is also used by WES for testing and training. Interesting detail is that the tower used for this turbine is made of concrete and was transported in one piece from Hamburg (Germany) to Bant. These days concrete is not used for towers for midsize wind turbines any more, steel is used instead.

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Bant ( Netherlands )
Mr. Gerard van Tilburg
1994
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Behind the meter
400.000+ kWh, yearly average
Turbine Lagerwey; Control cabinet WES direct ( 2006)
Concrete
40 meter
Hoekstra Suwald

Farmer's own experience, see movie below.

WES30 on concrete 40 meter tower.

In service for 16 years.