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The biggest overseas wind ranch in Scandinavia has actually formally opened up off the shore of Denmark.

The Horns Rev 3 wind ranch, run by the Swedish power business Vattenfall, lies in the North Sea 25-40 kilometers off Denmark’s west shore. It contains 49 wind generators producing a collective 407 megawatts of power annually. Each of the 8.3 MW MHI Vestas generators stands 187 meters and also considers near to 1,500 tonnes consisting of structure.

The task was ushered in last Thursday by HRH Crown Prince of Denmark come with by Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and also the Minister of Climate, Energy and also Utilities, Dan Jørgensen.

The included capability increases Denmark’s electrical energy manufacturing from wind by around 12 percent, and also covers the yearly electrical energy usage of about 425,000 Danish homes.

“Horns Rev 3 is the largest offshore wind farm in Scandinavia and shows our commitment to Denmark’s ongoing transition to a renewable energy system. The wind farm is a significant contribution to Vattenfall´s production portfolio and takes us one step further in our ambition to enable a fossil-free living within one generation”, claims Magnus Hall, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of Vattenfall.

The initial structures for the Horns Rev 3 task were taken into area in October 2017, adhered to by the initial generators which started supplying to the power grid on 23 December 2018. During the building stage, the generators were delivered from the Port of Esbjerg, yet from 2024 they will certainly be serviced from the Port of Hvide Sande, where Vattenfall will certainly develop a brand-new solution center.

“It has taken less than two years from the first foundation was built until the inauguration of Horns Rev 3. An impressive achievement of our employees and partners who now have completed the largest offshore wind farm in Vattenfall’s portfolio. It proves Vattenfall’s position as a leading offshore developer and our commitment to making offshore wind a corner stone in a future fossil-free energy system”, claims Gunnar Groebler, Senior Vice President and also Head of Business Area Wind in Vattenfall.

In enhancement to the Horns Rev 3 task, Vattenfall is creating the overseas wind ranches Vesterhav Syd & & Nord and also Kriegers Flak including an overall of greater than 1.4 GW wind power capability to the Danish power system.