A 100% Renewable Energized City

The German town of Dardesheim has become the first in the world feeded one hundred percent on renewable energies, installed Aeolian turbines near the town and photovoltaic solar panels installed in the tile roofs of these houses, instead of farms as it happens in other places or cities, for example, the case of Ontario, in Canada.

In this case, according to the Web “Renewable Energies”, in this town there are 4,000 houses that need energy with a cost among 120 and 130 million kilowatts/hour (kWh).

According to the local authorities this model of power consumption “is completely possible and if the idea works, it will also be tried in other small localities of the zone”.

In addition, Dardesheim wants to attract tourists interested in the sector of renewable energies and and they will open an information center and they will install a turbine with an observation platform.

One of the aeolian turbines made by the German company Enercon and it is considered the most powerful of the world, the “E-112”, is installed in this locality. It is a gigantic turbine designed to produce 6 megawatts per hour (until now the secured maximum was 4-5 MW/h), enough energy for the consumption of 4,000 homes.

The name “E-112” comes from the diameter of its rotor: 112 meters. It has an innovating mechanism, without gears, that allow it to work without oil. The shape of the shovels has been designed to avoid the noise emission.