www.climatespectator.com.au
24 Sep 2012
Danish utility DONG Energy has brought the first turbine on stream at Anholt, set to be the country's biggest offshore wind park with a total capacity of 400 MWs. The Anholt development will deliver enough power for 400,000 households, or 4 per¢ of Denmark's power consumption, when it is completed in a year's time, state-controlled DONG Energy said on Friday.
Denmark, already the world leader in wind power with around a quarter of its electricity from wind farms, aims to cover half its power needs with wind turbines by 2020. It also aims to get 30 per¢ of overall energy consumption from renewables by 2020, and Anholt will make a significant contribution to those goals, DONG Energy said.
The wind farm, located off the island of Anholt in the Kattegat between Denmark and Sweden, will have 111 Siemens turbines with a capacity of 3.6 MW each. While DONG Energy has not disclosed the cost of the project, estimates are around 10 billion Danish crowns ($1.74 billion).
DONG Energy, the oil, gas and electricity producer, owns 50% and is the operator of the Anholt development, while pension insurance groups PensionDenmark and PKA own 30% and 20% respectively. The pension providers bought their stakes in March 2011, marking a new step in DONG Energy's efforts to bring new kinds of investors into wind power projects and diversify its own risk as wind farm developer and owner.
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