Tunø Knob Offshore Wind Farm Explained
| Tunø Knob |
| Name Official: | Tunø Knob Offshore Wind Farm |
| Cost: | £10m |
| Owner: | DONG Energy |
| Ps Electrical Cap Fac: | 29.7% |
Tunø Knob Offshore Wind Farm is an offshore wind farm in the Bay of Aarhus, Denmark. It is located on the sandbar Tunø Knob, west of the Tunø island.
The wind farm was commissioned in 1995 with 10 turbines, each a 500 kW Vestas V39.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The turbines are 45 metres high, based on concrete foundations at 3-6 meter deep waters, and together they produce enough electricity to supply c. 2,800 households.[6] The Tunø Knob Offshore Wind Farm was the first offshore wind farm by Danish wind turbine company Vestas.
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Notes and References
- Spliid, Iben B. Data on operating and decommissioned wind turbines (as at end of September 2010) (.xls spreadsheet) Danish Energy Agency, 18 October 2010. Main page Retrieved: 25 October 2010.
- http://www.ewea.org/fileadmin/ewea_documents/documents/statistics/OperationalOffshoreFarms2009.pdf Operational offshore wind farms in Europe, end 2009
- Christensen, Allan S. & Madsen, Morten. Supply Chain study on the Danish offshore wind industry page 33-42 Offshore Center Denmark, 29. august 2005. Retrieved: 23 October 2010.
- http://www.offshorewindenergy.org/windfarms/display_data_windfarm.php?id=18 Tunø Offshore wind energy listing
- http://www.4coffshore.com/windfarms/tuno-knob-denmark-dk05.html 4cOffshore listing for Tunø Knob
- Web site: Tunø Knob vindmøllepark, Odder. ArkArk.dk. Danish. 11 July 2018.
