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"Danish wind turbine manufacturer has installed its first commercial 15MW wind
turbine, the first of 64 to be installed at the 960MW EnBW He Dreiht offshore
wind farm off the coast of Germany.
First unveiled back in early 2021, the V236-15.0MW offshore turbine was at the
time the world’s new largest offshore wind turbine, boasting a massive area in
excess of 43,000 m².
Since then, a prototype went on to break the record for the most power output
generated over 24 hours at the Østerild National test centre for large wind
turbines in Denmark. The V236-15.0MW subsequently secured its type
certification at the end of 2023 and has since gone on to rack up 14GW worth of
firm supply orders.
The V236-15.0MW has since been repeatedly surpassed by other larger turbines –
most of which have been unveiled and built by Chinese wind turbine OEMs – but
the milestones continue to be checked off, with the first commercial 15MW
turbine installed last week.
Installed in collaboration with German energy company EnBW Energie
Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW) and Heerema Marine Contractors, the first
V236-15.0MW was installed at the 960 He Dreiht offshore wind farm, located off
the coast of Germany.
He Dreiht, which translates to “it spins”, will be one of the largest offshore
wind farms in Europe, and the largest in Germany, and is being built without
government funding. Consisting of 64 wind turbines – each of which can supply
four households with electricity for a day on a single rotation – the He Dreiht
offshore wind farm is expected to produce enough electricity to supply the
equivalent of 1.1 million households."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
