Wind repowering: A second wind for your assets
Wind repowering: Definition
Is your wind farm coming to the end of its operating cycle or in need of renewal in line with the market’s latest technological advances?
BayWa r.e. will help you renew your wind farm to make it more efficient and optimise its renewable production.
Repowering or renewal of a wind farm consists of rethinking the layout of wind turbines and replacing them with more modern, high-performance ones. This solution improves the performance and yield of wind farms by replacing obsolete machinery with more advanced technology.
Repowering is now a major opportunity for decarbonising the French energy mix. By producing a greater volume of electricity on the same site, it plays a direct part in achieving the objectives of the Multiannual Energy Programme (PPE) determined by the Energy Transition Act.
The benefits of wind repowering
Wind repowering has numerous benefits for windfarm owners, landowners and local authorities:
Increase in electricity production thanks to more efficient wind turbines equipped with the latest technology
Optimisation of the initial site by maintaining or reducing the number of wind turbines. The overall impact on the environment is reduced
Greater tax benefits for local authorities, as the capacity of the renewed wind farm is often greater than before
Increased reliability of the new wind turbines, facilitating maintenance and operation, while ensuring that the new turbines comply with current regulations
Project design made easier thanks to initial technical knowledge. It is possible to draw on already known data and to take advantage of existing infrastructure (like access, connections)
Local authorities have the opportunity to take part in the design of the renewal project, as part of a development led by BayWa r.e. in areas where wind power is already well accepted
BayWa r.e.’s expertise
The question of whether to continue operating a wind farm is a strategic one. It is vital to anticipate development time. Depending on its type and complexity, repowering can take between 2 and 6 years. Renewing with minor modifications, reduces development and instruction time. If the renewal of the wind farm requires the submission of a new application for authorization, the development time is similar to that of a conventional project, even if the site's history can speed up the studies and the examination of the application. BayWa r.e. is studying the renewal of wind farms not yet out of their OA period, to anticipate the new operating period as accurately as possible.
BayWa r.e. assembles all the skills needed to optimise your wind repowering projects. We mobilise our resources to work with local elected representatives and stakeholders to create a new wind farm that meets local needs.
We offer tailor-made solutions that adapt to our customers’ strategies.
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