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NEG Micon NM72/1650

The NEG Micon NM72/1650 is a 1.65 MW onshore wind turbine (NEG Micon, now Vestas), with a 72 m rotor whose blades sweep 4,072 m², on towers of 70 m.

Specifications

MakerNEG Micon, now Vestas
Rated power1.65 MW
Rotor diameter72 m
Swept area4,072 m²
Specific power405 W/m²
Hub height70 m
Tip height106 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.

We don't know of a farm using the NEG Micon NM72/1650 yet: outside Europe and North America, few registers name each farm's turbines.

Other NEG Micon models

NM64/1500 1.5 MW · NM72/1500 1.5 MW · NM82/1500 1.5 MW · NM60/1000 1.0 MW · NM54/950 0.95 MW · NM52/900 0.9 MW · NM48/750 0.75 MW · NM48/700 0.7 MW

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