Nysted Wind Farm

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The Nysted Havmøllepark, also known under the name Roedsand, is an offshore wind farm off the south coast of the Danish island of Lolland. In the wind farm, it consists of 72 wind turbines, it was in operation recording, as measured by the annual power generation, the largest in the world.

Location

The Roedsand I called wind farm is located in the Baltic Sea off the sandbar Roedsand, about ten kilometers south of Nysted and ten kilometers west of Gedser on the northern edge of the sea route between Kadet Trench and Fehmarn Belt. The Winspark occupies an area of 24 km ². You can cross it on a designated waterway by boat from the south-west to north -east corner (or vice versa).

About three kilometers west of Roedsand I is Roedsand II This wind farm consists of 90 wind turbines with a capacity of 207 MW and was built by Siemens Wind Power E.ON. The plants with a capacity of 2.3 MW and a rotor diameter of 93 meters were put into operation on October 12, 2010.

History

1998 called for the Danish parliament of the energy industry to build five wind turbines to demonstrate the use of wind power. In 2001, the contracts between the operating company, the suppliers and the Energy Department have been closed and the year it was started with the construction of the foundations. The turbines were installed between May 11 and July 28, 2003. The official handover to the operators took place on 1 December 2004, a month earlier than planned. Construction of the plant has cost about 1.6 billion Danish kroner (approx. 213 million euro ).

Technology Roedsand I

In an 8 × 9 grid, a total of 72 wind turbines. Each individual tower is 69 meters tall with three rotor blades with a length of 41 meters. The maximum reached by the rotor height is 110 meters. The wind turbines supplied by Siemens have a capacity of up to 2.3 MW, so together 165.6 MW.

The weight of the tower is a total of 2050 tons, divided to 1800 t foundation, 115 t and 135 t tower technology ( rotor blades, generator and nacelle ). The system can at wind speeds of 4 m / s to 25 m / s produce energy, so starts out with a gentle breeze and has to be switched off in severe storm.

The wind farm is operated by the Danish company Dong Energy and E.ON. The control of wind power plants is done from Copenhagen.