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Enercon installs first EP5 turbine

24 April 2020 by Craig Richard

Enercon has installed the first turbine from its EP5 platform at a wind farm in Finland.

Enercon's first E-147 EP5/4.3MW turbine at Energiquelle's Paltusmäki site
Enercon's first E-147 EP5/4.3MW turbine at Energiquelle's Paltusmäki site

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It installed the first of five E-147 EP5/4.3MW turbines at Energiquelle’s 21.5MW Paltusmäki Paltusmäki (21.5MW) OnshorePyhäjoki, Finland, Europe Click to see full details project in Ostrobothnia, western Finland.

All turbines will be installed on modular steel towers at a hub height of 132 metres, Enercon told Windpower Monthly.

Enercon’s EP5 platform is based on Lagerwey’s designs and features direct-drive technology. It acquired the Dutch manufacturer in 2017.

The platform also includes a variant with a 160-metre rotor and capacity of at least 4.6MW, and has a maximum hub height of 166 metres.

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