The towers are modular, which makes transporting them easier. Wooden towers can also be used with other steel turbine components. RWE wants to use Modvion’s wooden turbine towers because it asserts in a statement that laminated wood is stronger than steel proportionate to its weight, which means lighter towers and less need for expensive reinforcements.

Modvion also has plans for a 6-MW installation. The commercial turbine will have a 2 megawatt (MW) wind turbine and, including the blades, it will be 150 meters (492 feet) tall. Modvion erected the first wooden wind turbine tower on an island outside Gothenburg, Sweden, in May 2020, and it will install its first commercial wind turbine this year. RWE Renewables Sweden has signed a letter of intent to “verify” Modvion’s wooden wind turbine tower technology in order to use them once the towers are commercialized. Swedish startup Modvion is going to supply power giant RWE Renewables with wooden wind turbine towers for future onshore wind farms.

Nordvpn renewal price