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Denmark's Largest Onshore Wind Farm Opens

December 8, 2008 | 3 Comments

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Fredericia, Denmark [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] DONG Energy and Wind Estate A/S have completed the second phase of the Overgard onshore wind farm, making it Denmark's largest such development the company says. The second phase added 10 new 2.3-megawatt (MW) machines next to 20 turbines already on the site. Situated some 25 km northwest of Randers in East Jutland, Overgard has a capacity of 63 MW.

"With the construction of Denmark's largest onshore wind farm, DONG Energy is reaching yet another important milestone in wind energy development."

-- Anders Eldrup, CEO, DONG Energy

With an increase in turbine capacity to 2.3 MW and blade length to 47 meters, as opposed to the 2 MW machines already installed at the site with 36 metre blades, the 10 new turbines will produce as much power as the 20 older ones. In addition, DONG says, the construction has allowed a for a tidy-up of the East Jutland landscape, with 35 older turbines from across the region being decommissioned, as their output was more than compensated for by the 10 new turbines at Overgård.

“With the construction of Denmark’s largest onshore wind farm, DONG Energy is reaching yet another important milestone in wind energy development,” said Anders Eldrup, CEO of DONG Energy. “Next year we will be following up with the world’s largest offshore wind farm,” he said in reference to the 1 GW London Array project in which it holds a 50% stake.

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adrian-akau-36758

December 8, 2008

"the 10 new turbines will produce as much power as the 20 older ones"

I must be mis-reading something. Ten turbines rated at 2.3 MW means 23 MW of power while twenty turbines rated at 2.0 MW means 40 MW of power. The total of 63 MW is correct.

My thinking is that perhaps the 2.3 newer turbines will produce full power at lower wind speeds as compared to drop-off power with the 2.0 MW turbines and that the power rating is in tems of MWH (megawatt hour) production over the course of a year. Any clarification would be appreciated.

adrianakau2aol.com

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GregorGiebel

December 10, 2008

It's probably the old problem with journalists, to get them to understand the difference between power and energy, ie the difference between MW and MWh. The new turbines are going to have a dramatically higher load factor due to the much longer blades - the wind conditions in eastern Jutland are good, but not stellar.

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tony-clark-77175

December 10, 2008

Maybe it's not the journalists that have the problem.Maybe it's the wind farm
proponents, they seem to to have the problem worldwide between fact and fiction.

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