Vindeby did indeed signify the beginning of wind power utilisation
at sea. However, anyone who thought that the project off Lolland
would hâve something of a catalytic effect, was in for a disappointment. The number of offshore wind farms built in the 1990s
is a modest one. In the Baltic, the Tuno Knob farm went into operation in Danish waters in 1995, and three years later came the
Bockstigen project three kilométrés from the Swedish island of
Gotland. There were two pilot projects, Lely and Irene Vorrink, in
the Dutch Ijseelmeer, which fall into the early and experimental
phase of offshore wind power.
What these projects ail had in common was their modest size
and small distance from the coast. These were the first small
steps for the wind industry at sea, and no more than that. The
expérience gained benefited the next projects which went into
operation off the coasts of Denmark, Sweden and also Great
Britain for the first time in 2003 with North Hoyle and Scroby
Sands. Step by step.
At the end of 2000 the total wind power output installée! until
then comprised a mere 86 mégawatts. This figure was determined by the two Danes, Per Krogsgaard and Birger Madsen [BTM
Consult], already in those days the leading analysts of the wind
sector, for their World Market Update [WMUj Report. According
to their research for what was their 6th report at the time, there
were offshore projects in seven European countries at the turn
of the century which gave rise to expectations of a capacity of
around 2,500 mégawatts by 2005 - a limited but growing market.
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at sea. However, anyone who thought that the project off Lolland
would hâve something of a catalytic effect, was in for a disappointment. The number of offshore wind farms built in the 1990s
is a modest one. In the Baltic, the Tuno Knob farm went into operation in Danish waters in 1995, and three years later came the
Bockstigen project three kilométrés from the Swedish island of
Gotland. There were two pilot projects, Lely and Irene Vorrink, in
the Dutch Ijseelmeer, which fall into the early and experimental
phase of offshore wind power.
What these projects ail had in common was their modest size
and small distance from the coast. These were the first small
steps for the wind industry at sea, and no more than that. The
expérience gained benefited the next projects which went into
operation off the coasts of Denmark, Sweden and also Great
Britain for the first time in 2003 with North Hoyle and Scroby
Sands. Step by step.
At the end of 2000 the total wind power output installée! until
then comprised a mere 86 mégawatts. This figure was determined by the two Danes, Per Krogsgaard and Birger Madsen [BTM
Consult], already in those days the leading analysts of the wind
sector, for their World Market Update [WMUj Report. According
to their research for what was their 6th report at the time, there
were offshore projects in seven European countries at the turn
of the century which gave rise to expectations of a capacity of
around 2,500 mégawatts by 2005 - a limited but growing market.
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