And the world's largest offshore wind farms

16/05/2006

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The world's largest wind farms are 2 facilities in Denmark of 160 MW each (Horns Rev and Nysted). But their leading position may soon be overtaken - Scottish Power has announced starting a 322 MW project and there are 2 more projects in the pipeline. In USA, the first offshore wind farm - the Cape Cod project is turning into a saga, but if completed, it adds up to 420 MW of capacity.

And a Norwegian project of 1,500 MW may in turn dwarf all.

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Horns Rev is the largest offshore wind farm in terms of number of turbines = 80 turbines, each 2 MW, installed capacity 160 MW, Horns rev was finished 2002

Nysted is the largest offshore wind farm in terms of total capacity = 72 turbines, each 2.3 MW = 165.6 MW, Nysted was finished October 2003

The largest onshore wind farm is, as far as I know, King Mountain in Texas. The farm uses 214 times 1.3 MW turbines. total capacity 278.2 MW. The project was finished 2001. Larger projects are currently under construction/development

The largest wind turbines are:

in terms of diameter it is the Repower 5 MW. The turbine has a diameter of 126 meter. The first prototype was installed in 2004
in terms of capacity it is the Enercon E112. The turbine has a diameter of 116 meter and has a installed capacity of 6 MW. The 6 MW prototype of the E112 was installed in 2005

By Hans De Keulenaer 04/06/2006

The world record for largest offshore wind farm is broken once more, and now goes to the Walney 367 MW wind farm in the UK.

By Hans De Keulenaer 10/02/2012

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