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Enercon E-115

The Enercon E-115 is a 3.0 to 4.2 MW onshore wind turbine, with a 115 m rotor whose blades sweep 10,387 m², on towers of 149 m.

An Enercon E-115 (3 MW, 149 m hub height) at the Rohrberg wind farm, Hessisch Lichtenau, Germany, 2015.
An Enercon E-115 (3 MW, 149 m hub height) at the Rohrberg wind farm, Hessisch Lichtenau, Germany, 2015. Photo: Rs-sw-kassel, CC BY-SA 4.0, source.

Specifications

MakerEnercon
Rated power3.0 to 4.2 MW
Rotor diameter115 m
Swept area10,387 m²
Specific power404 W/m²
Hub height149 m
Tip height207 m
Built forOnshore (on land)

As the national turbine registers record this model most often: Bundesnetzagentur (MaStR), Swedish county boards (Vindbrukskollen), Natural Resources Canada and the US Wind Turbine Database. Swept area, specific power and tip height are worked out from the rotor and hub height.

Where it's used

We know of 422 wind farms using the Enercon E-115, with 1,089 of its turbines in 2 countries; 406 of the farms are operating.

CountryFarmsTurbines
Germany4161,057
France632

Counted where a register or the farm's own records name the model. Many countries' registers don't, so the true number is higher.

The farms that use itEach farm with the Enercon E-115, its turbines and owners, in the Wind app.
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Other Enercon models

E-175 EP5 E2 7.0 MW · E-175 EP5 6.3 MW · E-160 EP5 E3 5.56 MW · E-160 5.5 MW · E-138 EP3 E3 4.5 MW · E-126 4.2 MW · E-138 EP3 4.2 MW · E-141 4.2 MW · E-101 3.05 MW · E-92 2.35 MW · E-70 2.3 MW · E-82 2.3 MW · E-66 2.0 MW · E-58 1.0 MW · E-48 0.8 MW · E-53 0.8 MW

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