The world’s largest offshore wind farm is expected to go into operation at a site 30 kilometers off the coast of Denmark. The farm, called Horns Rev 2 and built by a Danish utility, Dong Energy, consists of 91 turbines made by Siemens, a German engineering company, spread over a 35-square kilometer area.
The farm is projected to generate 209 megawatts or enough electricity to supply 200,000 households. The total cost of the project was about $1 billion.
In the past, Danish companies have struggled to keep corrosion under control at offshore wind sites, which are significantly more expensive to build and maintain than onshore sites.
A study by the European Wind Energy Association showed offshore wind could be the dominant source of employment in the sector in Europe by 2025, providing 200,000 jobs.
– from greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com