Long-time Vestas customer European Energy places 33 MW order for 10 V117-3.3 MW wind turbines, to be financed in collaboration with Sampension, Denmark’s fourth largest pension fund. The Ulvemosen project in Varde, Denmark will feature the increasingly popular V117-3.3 MW turbine. European Energy’s choice of the V117-3.3 MW turbine further validates the Vestas strategy to … Continue reading Vestas receives 33 MW order for largest V117 wind power project to-date in Denmark
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ABB Wins $40 Million Order to Provide Cable Link for Offshore Wind Farm
Submarine AC cable will enable integration of clean wind energy in Denmark. ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $40 million from Energinet.dk, the Danish transmission system operator, to build an alternating-current (AC) power cable system that will help integrate and transmit power from the Horns Rev 3 … Continue reading ABB Wins $40 Million Order to Provide Cable Link for Offshore Wind Farm
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MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Energy now operational
Final closing of the joint venture between Vestas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), dedicated to offshore wind power, has now taken place. The new company, MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, has 380 employees and is headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark. The joint venture is responsible for the design, further development, procurement, manufacturing, installation, commissioning and service related … Continue reading MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Energy now operational
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Turkey-Denmark wind energy cooperation
Fourteen Turkish renewable energy companies, accompanying Turkish President Abdullah Gul on his trip to Denmark, attended a Turkish-Danish business forum in Copenhagen on Wednesday. Denmark’s consul general in Istanbul, Soren Robenhagen, who was also on the trip, told Anadolu Agency that his country’s success in meeting its energy demand from renewable energy can be model for Turkey. Denmark was 99 percent … Continue reading Turkey-Denmark wind energy cooperation
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DONG Energy installs first foundation at 210 MW offshore wind farm
The first monopile foundation was installed by GeoSea Innovation, one of the largest installation vessels in the world. The Innovation carried out the first five foundations to the site from the load out port in Aalborg, Denmark. The monopiles – which have a diameter of 6.5 metres and a weight of up to 800 tons … Continue reading DONG Energy installs first foundation at 210 MW offshore wind farm
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A year of record highs for Danish wind energy
2013 marked many records for the expansion of wind energy in Denmark. At year end, more than 33% of Danish electricity was supplied from wind turbines and 656 new MW were connected to the electricity grid – of which 307 MW were land-based. The share of wind power in the Danish electricity grid reached roughly … Continue reading A year of record highs for Danish wind energy
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A world record 54.8 percent of electricity was produced by wind turbines in December. buy ib extended essayWind energy produced more than half of Denmark
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E.ON sells 80 percent share of R
E.ON, one of the world’s largest investor-owned power and gas companies, has today agreed to sell an 80 percent stake in its 207 megawatt Rödsand II offshore wind farm to the Danish energy company SEAS-NVE. The transaction values the wind farm at DKK 3.5 billion (c. €470 million) on a 100 percent enterprise basis. At … Continue reading E.ON sells 80 percent share of R
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Ramboll announces preparing a sound basis for three new wind farms in Denmark
Ramboll was recently awarded a major contract to carry out the Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) for three near-shore wind farms in Danish waters for the Danish energy grid owner, Energinet.dk. EIA for offshore as well as onshore activities The project covers the EIA for both the offshore wind farms as well as the onshore connection … Continue reading Ramboll announces preparing a sound basis for three new wind farms in Denmark
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Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm is inaugurated
The Anholt offshore wind power plant was officially inaugurated. For Denmark’s largest wind power project, Siemens supplied, installed, and commissioned 111 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 3.6 megawatts (MW) and a rotor diameter of 120 meters. The owners of the wind project are the Danish utility company DONG Energy (50 percent) as well … Continue reading Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm is inaugurated
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111 Siemens wind turbines with a total capacity of 400 megawatts. Clean electricity covers about four percent of Denmark’s power demand Siemens to service for five years. The Anholt offshore wind power plant was officially inaugurated today. For Denmark’s largest wind power project, Siemens supplied, installed, and commissioned 111 wind turbines, each with a capacity … Continue reading Denmark
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Vestas starts up wind energy industry
The largest and most powerful test bench in the industry has started operation at Vestas’ global testing centre in Aarhus, Denmark. The 20 MW test bench is capable of testing the full nacelle of the V164-8.0 MW, validating the performance, robustness and reliability of the turbine over a simulated 25-year lifetime. The test bench is … Continue reading Vestas starts up wind energy industry
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DONG Energy to divest onshore wind power business in Denmark
DONG Energy today signed an agreement with the Danish energy company SE and the Danish pension fund PFA under which SE and PFA will acquire DONG Energy’s Danish onshore wind energy business. The aggregate sales price (enterprise value) for the onshore wind business is DKK 760 million (equivalent to approx. EUR 102 million). The divestment … Continue reading DONG Energy to divest onshore wind power business in Denmark
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A Record Year for World Wind Energy in 2012
Danish manufacturer Vestas has been knocked off its perch as top wind turbine supplier for first time in 13 years. Danish wind manufacturer Vestas had been the world leader from 2000 to 2011 but in 2012, GE Wind grabbed 15.5 percent of the market share. GE and Siemens boomed while Vestas, Goldwind and Sinovel faltered. … Continue reading A Record Year for World Wind Energy in 2012
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Denmark wind energy reach a record
For the second time in two months the Danish wind turbines reached a production record when they sent 3,987 megawatts into the electricity grid. One day in March, the wind turbines in Denmark rotated so quickly that 3,987 megawatts were sent into the electricity grid. This is nearly 200 megawatts more than the previous record, … Continue reading Denmark wind energy reach a record
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Denmark: Businesses are new growth market for solar energy
The upcoming conference ‘The Solar Future: Denmark’ will focus on the potential for solar energy in Denmark. Experts expect that larger companies and businesses will become a new growth market. After the explosive growth of solar energy in Denmark in 2012 under the favourable framework conditions for private households, experts now see a new growth … Continue reading Denmark: Businesses are new growth market for solar energy
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Vestas signs first 17 MW as part of a 184 MW onshore wind energy agreement in Denmark
Vestas has signed a framework agreement to deliver 184 MW over three years with a long-term Danish customer, with the first 17 MW now firm and unconditional. The deal represents the largest single onshore customer framework agreement in Vestas’ history in Denmark and points to a positive future for the Danish wind market. The first … Continue reading Vestas signs first 17 MW as part of a 184 MW onshore wind energy agreement in Denmark
Continue readingDanes shows neighbours can learn to love wind turbines
A new Danish survey on people living close to wind turbines shows that four out of five people feel there are no downsides to the experience – and 23 % of those surveyed became more positive towards the turbines within one year of installation. In addition, 59% of respondents answered “neither positive nor negative” to … Continue reading Danes shows neighbours can learn to love wind turbines
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Local communities invest in Danish wind energy
Winds of 60 km per hour hit us as soon as we alighted from the bus at Hvide Sande – “White Sand” – on the west coast of Denmark, home to a community-owned wind energy project comprising three 3MW wind turbines. All that could be heard was the powerful wind: the generators cannot be heard … Continue reading Local communities invest in Danish wind energy
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Test center for mega wind turbines opens in Denmark
An answer to the world’s need for more renewable energy is to develop larger wind turbines that produce significantly more energy. To achieve exactly this, Denmark inaugurates a test centre that can make the next generation of mega wind turbines a reality. The first wind turbine to be tested measures 197 meters, but the facility … Continue reading Test center for mega wind turbines opens in Denmark
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