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Wind Turbine on Halde Hoppenbruch

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Wind Turbine on Halde Hoppenbruch

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  • Location: Herten, Kreis Recklinghausen, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    May 15, 2021

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    The wind turbine is gigantic when you stand right next to it and look up.
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    November 25, 2020

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    ... On the Hoppenbruch slag heap, everything revolves around wind energy.
    In addition to the wind turbine on the higher of the two peaks, the "Skulpturengarten Windkraft" (Wind Power Sculpture Garden) is a particularly popular destination. Each of the eight steel sculptures here deals with a specific wind energy topic. Information boards also provide general information on the topic of wind as well as technical data about the facility on site. ...
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    April 5, 2020

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    A wind turbine serves as a landmark for the spoil tip. In 1997, an Enercon E-66 with an output of 1.5 MW was erected there, which was replaced in 2016 as part of a repowering project by a larger Enercon E-101 with twice the nominal output. Production increases from approx. 2.5 million kWh per year to approx. 6.7 million kWh. The E-66 supplied around 43 million kWh until 2015, thus saving 32,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.
    (Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halde_Hoppenbruch)
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    Location: Herten, Kreis Recklinghausen, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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