OFFSHORE WIND FARMS

The Anholt wind farm has an unusal placement for its turbines that allow it great efficiency .

( Photo credit Katrin Scheib )

MW : 400

The largest offshore wind farm in Denmark , Anholt was also only completed in September of 2013 . A project of DONG Energy , the wind farm cost roughly 10 billion Danish kroner to build . This project is unique in its placement of the Siemens turbines . Usually , turbines are placed in a grid pattern of lines and rows , though that ’ s not the case with Anholt . The turbines placed in an unusual pattern , governed by two principles : put most of them along the edges , and put most in undisturbed airflow from the main direction , which is West-southwest — increasing production by 1.5 %, a lifetime value of more than 100m Danish kroner .

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