The Nysted Wind Farm (also known as Rødsand) is a

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close to the Rødsand sand bank near

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. Gravity base foundations are used rather than piles due to ice conditions.Rødsand 1
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Rødsand I

Rødsand I was built in 2003, with 72 turbines and a total capacity of 166 MW, and was the largest in the world until 2007. Annual production is some 570 GW·h, the equivalent to the electricity consumption of 140,000 Danish homes, which could save 500,000 tonnes of emissions. Turbines were installed by

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. It receives 45 øre per kW·h for the first 42,000 full-load hours, which is about 11 years. Rødsand I was out for 4 months in 2007 when the main transformer suffered a malfunction,Sanne Wittrup.
Østersø-havmøllepark har leveret varen i ti år
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'', 13 December 2013. Accessed: 13 December 2013. causing a production loss of 23 million DKK per month.Sanne Wittrup.
Havvindmøller i Nysted lammet af transformerhavari
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'', 31 July 2007. Accessed: 13 December 2013. In September 2010, DONG bought E.ON's 20% share and sold half of the entire project to pension fund PensionDanmark for 700 million kroner (€94 million / US$120 million) — almost half the DKK1,600 million cost. Stadtwerke Lübeck also owns a share. it has an availability of 97 percent.

Rødsand II

In 2010, a 207 MW extension of the existing wind farm was installed by E.ON at a stated cost of EUR450mRødsand 2
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at DKK 0.629 per kW·h (US$0.12/kW·h). It was originally scheduled to be completed in 2011, but installation happened faster than projected,Rødsand 2 to finish ahead of schedule
''Maritime Danmark'', 18 June 2010. Retrieved: 19 June 2010. and on 15 July 2010, E.ON reported that all turbines had been installed and the majority were supplying power to the Danish grid.E.ON completes turbine installation at Roedsand windfarm
''Offshore Shipping Online'', 15 July 2010. Retrieved: 31 July 2010. On 3 August, E.ON reported that the wind farm was ready and went into operation, three months ahead of schedule.Vindkraftparken Rødsand 2 er nu klar
''(Wind farm Rødsand 2 is now ready) Press release in Danish'', 3 August 2010. Retrieved: 13 September 2010. Rødsand 2 was inaugurated on 12 October. In November 2013, local power company SEAS-NVE bought 80% of Rødsand 2 for a price of DKK 2.8 billion and thus valuating the wind farm at DKK 3.5 billion.Wittrup, Sanne.
Lokalt elselskab køber Rødsand havmøllepark i historisk milliardhandel
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'', 13 November 2013. Accessed: 13 November 2013.

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External links

Official website for Rødsand 1

Official website for Rødsand 2

Drawings of Rødsand 2 construction

LORC Knowledge - Datasheet for Nysted 1 Offshore Wind Farm

LORC Knowledge - Datasheet for Rødsand 2
Wind farms in Denmark Offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea Ørsted (company) wind farms Energy infrastructure completed in 2003 2003 establishments in Denmark

Rødsand I

Rødsand II

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