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Wind Power News: Denmark
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Counting bats and uncertain permits puts Danish wind farm on hold
While much of the focus in the offshore wind sector is on the growing financial challenges and uncertainties, a project in Denmark is being put on hold over objections from environmentalists on how and when the number of bats in the region are counted. The project’s developers are saying it is creating uncertainty about the ability of the project to receive its permits to proceed. The project known as Aflandshage Vindmøllepark is proposed for the southern Øresund region near Copenhagen . . . Complete story »
Offshore wind farms can “steal” wind from each other
Offshore wind farms can reduce the availability of downstream wind resources of other farms by as much as 20 percent within 50 kilometres, due to so-called wake effects. This is shown by interdisciplinary research from the University of Bergen (UiB). “The incentive to develop an offshore wind farm can diminish with just a five percent reduction in capacity, based on economic considerations,” says PhD candidate Eirik Finserås at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen (UiB). Finserås recently published the . . . Complete story »
Eksplosionsulykke på stål-fabrik: Fire mænd blev forbrændt. En er død.
[An explosion caused by a welding accident at wind turbine tower manufacturer Welcon in Svindbæk left 4 workers from Portugal burned. One of the men has died, and two are in critical condition] Svindbæk: En af Give-egnens største virksomheder, Welcon A/S på Vejlevej 270 i Svindbæk, blev her til morgen ramt af en alvorlig arbejdsulykke. Fire ansatte er blevet forbrændt. En af dem er kritisk tilskadekommen. Det oplyser vagtchef Steffen Wolf fra Sydøstjyllands Politi. Ifølge avisens oplysninger skulle der være . . . Complete story »
Bats factor in Danish offshore wind farm permit loss
The Danish Energy Board of Appeal has notified Greater Copenhagen–based utility company Hofor that the permit for its Aflandshage offshore wind farm granted last autumn by the Danish Energy Agency has been rescinded. Located approximately six miles off Denmark’s southern coast, near Copenhagen, the wind farm was planned to have 26 turbines provided by Spain-based firm Siemens Gamesa. Danish company Cadeler was to have transported and installed the turbines. The project was expected to begin operation in early 2026 and . . . Complete story »
Permit rescinded for Hofor’s Aflandshage wind farm off Denmark
The Danish Energy Board of Appeal has annulled the establishment permit for Hofor’s Aflandshage offshore wind farm, to be located off the Danish coast. The permit was issued by Danish Energy Agency in 2022. Expected to generate 300MW, the wind farm was to be located 10km off the south coast of the country near Copenhagen, and to be powered by 26 wind turbines. The project was expected to begin operations in 2026 and to generate clean electricity for 300,000 households . . . Complete story »
Offshore wind farm projects on the rocks
Energistyrelsen, the Danish energy agency, has suspended 28 wind farm projects worth billions of kroner. Other energy projects have also been halted amongst fears that the ‘open door’ contract scheme is at odds with EU law. All of the projects come under the so-called ‘open door’ scheme. This permits a company to submit an unsolicited project proposal to a municipality, as opposed to the municipality holding a tender for the best company to do a particular project. “Energistyrelsen has suspended . . . Complete story »
Vestas probes V112 turbine fire in Denmark
A Vestas turbine has been destroyed by fire at a wind farm in Denmark. The manufacturer told reNEWS that a V112-3.0MW unit caught fire yesterday at the Lem Kær wind park in Western Jutland. The fire was extinguished yesterday evening. All plant personnel are safe and accounted for, the site has been secured, and there were no injuries, the Danish manufacturer said. Vestas said it will work with the customer to determine the root cause. Complete story »
Danish offshore company World Marine files for bankruptcy
Danish shipping company World Marine Offshore, which had been one of the pioneers in developing modern offshore services to support wind farms, filed for bankruptcy this week in Denmark. Reports are that the administrator appointed by the court is already working to attract buyers with the hopes of selling the company and its assets. Previously it had been reported several companies, including ones in the United States, had explored buying the troubled company. World Marine Offshore has gone through a . . . Complete story »
More cable failures at European and UK offshore wind farms
Lower wind speeds and cable problems hit first-quarter earnings at Denmark’s Orsted, sending shares in the world’s biggest offshore wind farm developer lower on Thursday. The Danish offshore wind giant, Ørsted, has released its Interim Financial Report for the first quarter of 2021, and has revealed that up to ten of their European and UK wind farms are suffering from significant damage to connection cables. Repairs are currently estimated to cost in the region of 3 billion Danish Kroner (£350m) . . . Complete story »
New Danish government may speed up green transition
The winner of Tuesday’s general election will try to accelerate Denmark’s green transition and possibly even raise the 2030 emissions reduction target, based on recent campaign statements. The Nordic nation already gets more than 50% of its electricity supply from wind turbines and has seen emissions drop more than 40% since 1990, mainly through replacing coal-fired power generation with wind, solar and biomass. But any government is bound by Denmark’s climate law to cut greenhouse emissions by 70% below 1990 . . . Complete story »
