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The world’s largest offshore wind farm was opened yesterday off the Danish coast. Dong Energy, the European energy giant, inaugurated the wind farm located 30 Kms off the Danish coast.

Dong Energy chairman, Fritz H Schur, said in the inauguration ceremony that this event is part of their strategy to reposition themselves as providers of renewable energy. “This inauguration of the world’s largest offshore wind farm underlines that Dong Energy is among the frontrunners in the field”, he said.

The offshore wind farm has 91 turbines, which are expected to provide enough energy for up to 200,000 homes. The wind turbines are manufactured by Siemens and they are 2.5 MW turbines (20 MW for the whole wind farm, according to predictions by Dong Energy) which will provide 800 GWh per year. Each turbine stands 114 m tall in waters up to 17 m deep.

The facility cost €470m to build: “Half of the world’s current offshore wind power capacity was constructed by us. This inauguration of the world’s largest offshore wind farm underlines that Dong Energy is among the frontrunners in the field”, Fritz H Schur said. The company is also involved in the building of the next world’s largest offshore wind farm, a 1 GW wind farm placed in the Thames Estuary.

The European Wind Energy Association predicted that wind energy will provide up to 10% of the EU’s electricity. These new offshore wind farms will help this prediction become true.