Horns Rev

Horns Rev 1
Location of Horns Rev 1
Country	Denmark
Location	Horns Rev, East North Sea
Coordinates	55°31′47″N 7°54′22″E / 55.52972°N 7.90611°E / 55.52972; 7.90611Coordinates: 55°31′47″N 7°54′22″E / 55.52972°N 7.90611°E / 55.52972; 7.90611
Status	Operational
Commission date	2002
Owner(s)	Vattenfall (60%) DONG Energy (40%)
Operator(s)	Vattenfall
Turbine
Turbines	80
Manufacturer(s)	Vestas Wind Systems
Model(s)	V80-2.0
Hub height	70 m (230 ft)
Rotor diameter	80 m (262 ft)
Rated wind speed	9.7 m/s (32 ft/s)
Wind farm
Type	Offshore
Avg. water depth	6–14 m (20–46 ft)
Distance from shore	14–20 km (9–12 mi)
Power generation
Installed capacity	160 MW[1]
Annual generation	600 GW·h[2]
Website www.hornsrev.dk

Horns Rev (also known as Horns Reef) is a shallow area (glacial and sea deposits of sand^[3]) in the eastern North Sea, about 15 km / 10 miles off the westernmost point of Denmark, Blåvands Huk. It contains the first large scale offshore wind farm in the world, Horns Rev 1 (160 MW from 2002),^[1][4] and is four times larger than the previous largest offshore wind farm in the world, the Middelgrunden at 40MW.^[5][6]

At Horns Rev the Danish Energy company Elsam (now DONG Energy) built the first offshore wind farm in the North Sea. A total of 80 Vestas V80-2.0 MW units, capable of producing 160 MW, were installed by the Danish offshore wind farms services provider A2SEA in 2002 with the last turbine coming into operation on 11 December 2002. Since 2005, the wind farm has been owned and operated by Vattenfall. It cost DKK2bn.^[7]

Turbines are laid out as an oblique rectangle of 5 km x 3.8 km (8 horizontal and 10 vertical rows). The distance between turbines is 560 m in both directions.

The main method of transport to the first wind park is an adapted Eurocopter EC-135 helicopter. Hoisting the workers to and from a small platform on each turbine allows access to the park regardless of sea conditions which would otherwise prevent sailing in the area for a large part of the year.

In April 2012, most of the Danish Folketing (parliament) agreed to send out tenders in 2013 for a 400 MW wind farm at Horns Rev called Horns Rev 3, and a 600 MW at Kriegers Flak in the Baltic Sea. This, along with the 400 MW Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, is expected to raise wind power in Denmark above the current 28% of annual electricity production.^[8][9] The Danish Energy Agency expects construction candidates for Horns Rev 3 to have experience with installing and operating a large offshore wind farm.^[10][11]

Report

Findings released from an eight-year study about offshore wind farms in Denmark show that the projects "operate in harmony with the surrounding environment". The 2006 report confirms that both the Horns Rev and Nysted offshore wind farms will double in size in the coming years.^[12]

See also

• Horns Rev 2
• Wind power in Denmark
• List of offshore wind farms in Denmark
• List of offshore wind farms
• List of offshore wind farms in the North Sea

References

External links

• Horns Rev Newsletter
• Horns Rev 2
• Géopolitique Energétique Horns Rev 2 en Français
• Video and text of Horns Rev 2 and Poseidon, 0:30-1:25. CNN Earth's Frontiers, 3 March 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
• LORC - Horns Rev 1 Datasheet
• Wind Farm Wake: The Horns Rev Photo Case

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