Vesterhav Nord (North) offshore wind farm, owned by Vattenfall, began producing energy on 16 February, becoming a member of its sister park Vesterhav Syd, which started producing electrical energy in January 2024.
Vesterhav Nord is a part of Vattenfall’s 344 MW Vesterhav duo, whose 168 MW Vesterhav Syd (South) has been feeding energy into the Danish grid since January.
The 176 MW Vesterhav Nord offshore wind farm will be capable to provide fossil-free vitality to 180,000 Danish households as soon as all 21 wind generators are linked which is deliberate to occur earlier than the tip of March.
The Danish Power Company authorised the development of the 2 initiatives in December 2020 and granted Vattenfall an electrical energy manufacturing allow for the 344 MW Vesterhav duo in Summer time 2023.
“It’s with nice delight that we at the moment are sending the primary fossil-free energy ashore from Vesterhav Nord as nicely. It has been an thrilling process with many challenges since we gained the tender in 2016, and it’s nice to see the efforts bear fruit due to an amazing effort from the numerous concerned,” stated Mathilde Damsgaard, mission director for Vesterhav South and North at Vattenfall.
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Vattenfall stated it was clear final yr that Vesterhav Nord wouldn’t be totally linked inside the deadline (31 December 2023) included within the settlement with the state. The corporate has subsequently utilized to the authorities for a deadline extension and continues to be in dialogue with the Danish Power Company about this, in line with Vattenfall.
The Vesterhav Nord is situated west of the coast of Vejlbi, and the Vesterhav Syd is situated near the Sondervig coast. The 2 wind farms comprise 41 Siemens Gamesa 8.4 MW wind generators.
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