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when two years later HSW built a wind farm of four HSW 1 000 at
Bosbüll, northern Germany.
The shipyard was said to have filed large orders, when in 2 000,
it suddenly declared bankruptcy and vanished into REpower in
2001, a large merger of the manufacturers HSW, Jacobs and BWU
and the engineering firm pro+pro.
Figure 18.9
Husumer Schifwerft HSW-250, Burg/Fehmarn, 2011. Note
the coloured blade tips typical for HSW turbines (Photo: Arne
Jaeger).
Köster: 1986-1991
Obviously there is no other German company having such a long
tradition in wind energy like Köster. Originally specialised in
agriculture and farm equipment, Köster included wind turbines
in the product line around 1900. The Adler wind turbines had a
very good reputation in Germany and abroad for their reliability,
productivity and long-lasting design. The Adler machines mainly
drove saw mills or pumped water. When northern Germany
underwent an electrification program after the Second World War,
Köster ceased wind turbine production. However, in the 1980s the
company rediscovered wind as an opportunity. In 1986, Köster
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