Nowy Tomyśl Wind Turbines

52°17′41″N 16°09′11″E / 52.2947°N 16.1531°E / 52.2947; 16.1531StatusOperationalCommission date

2012

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The Nowy Tomyśl Wind Turbines are wind turbines which used to be the tallest in the world.^[1] They are situated in Paproć, a village near Nowy Tomyśl in Poland and were erected in 2012. Each of these two wind turbines has a generating capacity of 2500 kW. Both rotors have a diameter of 100 metres and are mounted on 160 metre tall free-standing lattice towers, which are the tallest free-standing lattice towers in Poland.

The basement of each of these turbines weighs 1500 tons, the tower 350 tons and the gondola 100 tons.

Coordinates

52°17′39.32″N 16°08′57.3″E / 52.2942556°N 16.149250°E / 52.2942556; 16.149250 (Nowy Tomyśl Wind Turbine)
52°17′41.7″N 16°09′21.3″E / 52.294917°N 16.155917°E / 52.294917; 16.155917 (Nowy Tomyśl Wind Turbine)