The wood technology company Modvion is now announcing its new wooden wind turbine tower, engineered for the largest onshore wind turbines.
The new tower is designed to support a V162 – 6.4MW turbine from the Vestas Enventus platform with 35 years lifetime. The tower design has been evaluated by the independent certification body TÜV SÜD and received a design evaluation conformity statement.
Having this stamp of approval for one of the largest onshore turbines available is a great leap forward” says Otto Lundman, CEO at Modvion. “Our modular wind turbine towers dramatically reduce CO2 emissions by replacing steel and concrete with wood, whilst enabling highly efficient, taller installations without transport bottlenecks.”
The design evaluation was completed by TÜV SÜD and the conformity statement was officially handed over at their wind towers conference held in Munich on 28th February. The design evaluation is based on a full review of technical data and testing methodology and confirms that the design meets the international quality standards IECRE OD-501 in combination with OD-501-3.
The tower was designed to demonstrate that Modvion’s wind turbine tower technology can be scaled up for the most powerful wind turbines onshore. Now the company is focusing on adapting the design for series production where they will produce towers with hub heights up to 219 metres.
Swedish wood technology company Modvion develops demanding designs made of laminated wood, nature’s carbon fibre, for large-scale applications.
