Timber turbine towers could be 20% cheaper
GERMANY: Developer TimberTower is working on a number of prototypes of wooden turbine towers that could be 20% cheaper compared to concrete-steel hybrid towers, the firm claims.
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"Wood as raw material has a favourable price level, while price fluctuations are minor by comparison. The same is true when wood is compared with concrete, again on raw materials basis. Our towers can be up to 20% cheaper compared with concrete-steel hybrid towers. Our next steps are constructing a wind farm with five towers of 140-metre hub height each and develop plans for 160-metre towers," said TimberTower head of engineering Carlo Schroder.
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