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Our wind energy solutions - We empower industries to break new ground and master the shift into a sustainable future
Rothe Erde's goal is to decisively advance the generation of energy from environmentally friendly and renewable sources. We support the growth of the industry by supplying key components for wind turbines. Our wind bearings can be manufactured in the following designs:
single-row designs,
multi-row designs,
clamped internals,
bolted internals,
case-hardened raceways or
slip-free induction-hardened raceways.
We know the requirements of the wind industry and our customers inside out, and are able to offer you the solutions of tomorrow with our engineering expertise:
New standards for equipping wind turbines
Our products enhance the efficiency of wind turbines globally, making them a competitive alternative to fossil fuels. Rothe Erde is constantly working to ensure that our bearing solutions for wind turbines, and at the same time our customers, contribute to a more environmentally friendly future.
To achieve our goals holistically, we combine technical excellence with the possibilities of the digital world. As a result, we develop advanced solutions specifically designed for the wind industry and individually tailored to our customers. We consistently remain at the forefront of innovation.
Our commitment to the renewable energy sector makes us a reliable partner for all major wind turbine manufacturers - and has been since the very beginning of the industry, worldwide. In addition to providing individual products for all bearing positions of a wind turbine, we also offer modular solutions.
Are you looking for the suitable bearing for your wind energy plant?
Durable slewing bearings for your wind turbines – Rothe Erde is the key to your success
With our extensive expertise, capability to serve all bearing positions in every dimension, as well as our own research and development centers, we are well-prepared to meet all current and future challenges of our customers in both the onshore and offshore sectors.
To ensure our products are tested as realistically as possible, they undergo a variety of tests on our main bearing and pitch bearing test benches at our research and development center, spanning 10,700 m². Our products can also be tested on our customers' original application. At our R&D test centers, we apply the latest test methods and efficient analysis tools to enhance our calculation approaches in terms of:
Load capacity,
Durability,
Performance, and
Utilization limits.
We continuously advance these aspects to ensure the highest quality and reliability. We work closely with our customers to define special requirements and implement them holistically through close collaboration.
With production facilities in ten countries and an extensive sales network, we have been a reliable partner in the wind energy sector for decades. With production facilities in all major wind markets, we are well-equipped to fulfill our customers' needs for a local supply chain. We are there where you need us.
We are the reliable partner at your side
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You can find us where we are needed
- Production plants in 10 countries
- Global distribution network
- Local and decentralized sales
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A strong partner from A to Z
- Full implementation
- Extensive consulting & training
- Full after-sales services
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We meet your requirements
- Modern calculation methods
- World's largest R&D center
- Complaint rate below 1%
Our reference sites for wind turbines and wind farms
Technical details for the references
| Wind farm | Number of Wind turbines | Performance in MW | Statur / Initial operation | Delivered products |
| Burbo Bank is located in Liverpool Bay in the Irish Sea, about 7 km from Sefton and the Wirral coast. The wind farm, operated by East Energy, has provided electricity to approximately 80,000 homes since it began operation in 2007. | 25 | 90 | in operation since 2007 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Rhyl Flats is located in the Irish Sea, about 8 km off the coast of Wales. It was commissioned in 2009 and has since provided electricity to around 61,000 homes. | 25 | 90 | in operation since 2009 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Walney consists of two subregions of the Irish Sea. It has provided electricity to 460,000 U.K. homes each year since it opened in 2011. Two more parts are in planning. | 102 | 367 | in operation since 2011 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| West of Duddon Sands is located 14 km southwest of Wolney Island in the Irish Sea. It has supplied electricity to 300,000 homes since it was commissioned in 2014. | 108 | 389 | in operation since 2014 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Gwynt y Mor is located in the Irish Sea. It has been in operation since 2015 and supplies 400,000 homes annually with a total capacity of 576 megawatts. | 160 | 576 | in operation since 2015 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Wind farm | Number of wind turbines | Performance in MW | Status / Initial operation | Delivered products |
| Lynn & Inner Dowsing is an offshore wind farm in the North Sea. It is located about 5 to 6 km east of Skegness. The wind farm has been feeding electrical energy into the grid since 2008. 130,000 households have been supplied with electricity since then. | 54 | 194 | in operation since 2008 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Sheringham Shoal is located in the North Sea, 17 km from the Norfolk coast. Since 2011, it has supplied 220,000 households with electricity annually. | 88 | 317 | in operation since 2011 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Greater Gabbard is located in the North Sea, 14 miles from the Suffolk coast. The wind farm went into operation in 2011. It cost £650 million to build. Wind farms provide electricity to 530,000 British homes. | 140 | 504 | in operation since 2012 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| London Array is located off the east coast of England. The first test run took place in 2012. Since then, it has supplied 750,000 homes with electricity annually. | 175 | 630 | in operation since 2012 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Lincs is located in the North Sea, 8 km off Skegness, in England. Since 2013, it has supplied 200,000 homes with electricity annually. The wind farm is a joint venture between Centrica Energy, DONG Energy and Siemens Projekt Ventures. | 75 | 270 | in operation since 2013 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Gunfleet Sands is located in the North Sea, 7 km southeast of the Clactonian Sea. Wind farms have provided electricity to 125,000 homes since their construction. | 48 | 184 | in operation since 2013 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Riffgat became operational in 2014 and has since supplied electricity to 112,000 homes northwest of Borkum annually. | 30 | 108 | in operation since 2014 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Amrumbank West is located in the North Sea, in Germany. The area of the plant is 32 km2. Since 2015, wind farms have been supplying electricity to 300,000 households annually. | 80 | 302 | in operation since 2015 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Borkum Riffgrund I Borkum is located in the North Sea. The first test run took place in 2015. Since then, 285,000 households have been supplied with electricity annually. | 78 | 312 | in operation since 2015 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Butendiek, an offshore wind farm 32 km from Sylt, was commissioned in 2015 and currently supplies 370,000 households with electricity. The total investment is 1.3 billion euros. | 80 | 288 | in operation since 2015 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| DanTysk Since the wind farm became operational in 2015, it has supplied 400,000 households with electricity. The wind farm is also a joint venture between Vattenfall and Stadtwerke Munih. | 80 | 288 | in operation since 2015 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Meerwind Süd/Ost is located 23 km north of the island of Helgoland in the North Sea. Since 2015, 288 MW have been fed into the power grid, supplying 360,000 households annually. | 80 | 288 | in operation since 2015 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Westermost Rough is located in the North Sea and belongs to England. Since it is commissioning in 2015, 150,000 households have received electricity from this wind farm. | 35 | 210 | in operation since 2015 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Gemini is located in the Dutch part of the North Sea. Since its launch in 2017, 785,000 households have been supplied with electricity. | 150 | 600 | in operation since 2017 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Gode Wind I the German offshore wind farm is located 33 km north of the island of Norderney. The wind farm finally went into operation in 2017. Since then, 330 MW have been fed into the grid, supplying electricity to 600,000 households. | 55 | 330 | in operation since 2017 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Gode Wind II is located 32.5 km north of the North Sea island of Norderney, making it part of Germany. With a capacity of 252 MW, together with the Gode Wind 1 wind farm, it supplies 600,000 households with electricity. The commissioning took place in 2017. | 42 | 252 | in operation since 2017 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Sandbank is located 90 km off the coast of Sylt in the German North Sea. The total capacity of the wind farm is 288 MW, supplying electricity to 400,000 households. The test run was carried out in January 2017. | 72 | 288 | in operation since 2017 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Veja Mate in the German part of the North Sea, 402 MW of the wind farm goes into the power grid. These ensure that 400,000 German households are supplied with electricity | 67 | 402 | in operation since 2017 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Dudgeon is located 32 km off the coast of the coastal town of Cromer in North Norfolk. Since its completion at the end of 2017, this 402-MW offshore wind farm with its 676-MW wind turbines, has been producing enough energy to supply more than 430,000 British households. | 67 | 402 | In partial operation | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Race Bank is located 20 km from the North Norfolk coast and delivers 580 MW of capacity, enough for 400,000 homes. At the same time, this provides more than 830,000 tons of CO2 reduction. | 91 | 573 | in operation since 2018 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Hywind Scotland is the world's first commercial wind farm with floating wind turbines and has been in operation since 2017. The farm is located about 18 miles from Peterhead on Scotland's North Sea coast. | 5 | 30 | in operation since 2017 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Galloper Wind Farm is located 27 kilometers from the Suffolk coast. The total capacity of the wind farm is 336 MW with 56 wind turbines. Annually, up to 380,700 average British households are supplied with electricity. | 56 | 336 | in operation since 2018 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Rentel consists of 42 wind turbines, which can generate enough sustainable energy to supply 300 thousand Belgian households annually. Located between the banks of Thornton and Lodewijck, the Rentel wind farm has already been in operation since the end of 2018. | 42 | 308 | in operation since 2019 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Beatrice is Scotland's second largest operating offshore wind farm, capable of generating wind power for up to 450 thousand homes. It is located about 13.5 km from the Caithness coast and has 84 wind turbines with a capacity of 7 MW. | 84 | 588 | in operation since 2019 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Nissum Bredning is located in the North Sea. With a total capacity of 28 MW, it supplies electricity to around 20,000 households. | 4 | 28 | in operation since 2018 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Albatros is a 112 MW offshore wind farm being developed 90 km north of the island of Borkum in the exclusive economic zone of the German North Sea. It is an extension of the nearby Hohe See wind farm. | 16 | 112 | in operation since 2020 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Hohe See consists of 71 wind turbines with a total capacity of 497 MW. It covers an area of approximately 40 square kilometers in the German exclusive economic zone of the North Sea, 90 kilometers north of Borkum and 100 kilometers northwest of Helgoland. | 71 | 497 | in operation since 2019 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| East Anglia One is located in the southern North Sea, approximately 36 kilometers from the nearest point to the port of Lowestoft and 42 kilometers from Southwold. The project has an operating capacity to supply electricity to approximately 659,922 UK homes. | 102 | 714 | in operation since 2020 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Hornsea the offshore wind farm located in the English part of the North Sea consists of four areas: one, two, three and four. | 171 | 1197 | In partial operation | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Borssele is an offshore wind farm located in the southern part of the Dutch exclusive economic zone of the North Sea. It consists of four sections of about 350 MW each and a fifth small section (20 MW) for experimental purposes. With a total of around 1,500 MW, it is the largest wind farm in the Netherlands to date. | 94 | 752 | in operation since 2021 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Neart na Gaoithe is located 5.5 km from the Fife coast and covers an area of approximately 105 km². EDF Renewables UK acquired the project in May 2018 through a bidding process. | 64 | 448 | In planning 2023 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Alpha ventus is located in the German part of the North Sea, 43 km northwest of the North Sea island of Borkum. Since 2010, a total of 60 MW of power has been fed into the grid. Therefore, 70,000 households are supplied by this wind farm. | 12 | 60 | in operation since 2010 | Blade, azimuth and main bearings |
| Global Tech I has a total capacity of 400 MW and has supplied 445,000 households with electricity since test operation. | 80 | 400 | in operation since 2015 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Trianel Windpark Borkum is located in the North Sea and is a project of the participating municipal utilities and Trianel. The offshore wind farm supplies around 200,000 households with green electricity each year. | 40 | 200 | in operation since 2015 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Nordsee Ost is located 30 km northwest of the island of Helgoland in the North Sea. Since it’s commissioning in 2015, it has supplied 320,000 households with electricity each year. | 48 | 295 | in operation since 2015 | Main bearing |
| Nordsee One is located 40 km north of the island of Juist. 200,000 households are supplied with electricity by this offshore wind farm. | 54 | 332 | In partial operation | Main bearing |
| Nordergründe is located in the Irish Sea, about 8 km off the coast of Wales. It was commissioned in 2009. Since then, approximately 61,000 households have been supplied with electricity. | 18 | 110 | in operation since 2017 | Main bearing |
| Wind farm | Number of wind turbines | Performance in MW | Status / Initial operation | Delivered Products |
| Anholt is located in the Kattegat and is 15 km away from the east coast of Jutland. With a total capacity of 400 MW, 400 thousand Danish households are supplied with electricity annually. | 111 | 400 | in operation since 2013 | Pitch and yaw bearings |
| Wind farm | Number of wind turbines | Performance in MW | Status / Initial operation | Delivered products |
| Viking the offshore wind farm is located in the Baltic Sea, 35 km northeast of Rügen. The park supplies electricity to about 350,000 households. | 70 | at 5 MW/Turbine = 350 | in operation since 2017 | Pitch and main bearing |
| Avedore Holme is located in the Baltic Sea and supplies 4,900 households with electricity. | 3 | 10 | in operation since 2009 | Pitch and yaw bearing |
| EnBW Baltic 2 is located in the Baltic Sea, 32 km north of Rügen. The test run was carried out in 2015. Since then, 340,000 households have been supplied with electricity from wind farms. | 80 | 288 | in operation since 2015 | Pitch and yaw bearing |
| Tahkoluoto the Baltic wind farm has a total capacity of 40 MW and has been supplying electricity to around 8,000 households since it’s commissioning in 2017. | 10 | 40 | in operation since 2017 | Pitch and yaw bearing |
| Arkona Basin Southeast is located 35 km northeast of Rügen. With 60 MW Siemens 6 MW turbines, its capacity is 385 MW, supplying up to 400,000 households with renewable energy and saving up to 1.2 million tons of CO2 annually. | 60 | 384 | in operation since 2019 | Pitch and main bearing |