Klettwitz Wind Farm, Germany

The wind farm is situated in a former lignite mining region: operated after the Second World War, this open cast mine supplied the Klettwitz brick factories. When the mine closed in 1991, almost 5200 hectares of land had been over-excavated, 362 million tons of lignite had been extracted and 1,324 million m³ were moved by the three conveyor bridges. Ten years later, with the active support of the local government, 38 V66-1.65 for a total capacity of 55 MW were erected on this same location, successfully converting the site from fossil into renewable energy power supplier.