Tunø Knob Offshore Wind Farm

Tunø Knob Offshore Wind Farm is an offshore wind farm in the Bay of Aarhus, Denmark. It is located on the sandbar Tunø Knob, west of the Tunø island.

Tunø Knob
Tunø Knob Offshore Wind Farm
Official name	Tunø Knob Offshore Wind Farm
Country	Denmark
Location	Odder Municipality
Coordinates	55°58′08″N 10°21′22″E
Status	Operational
Commission date	1995
Construction cost	£10m
Owner(s)	DONG Energy
Operator(s)	Ørsted
Wind farm
Type	Offshore
Max. water depth	7 m (23 ft)
Distance from shore	6 km (4 mi)
Rotor diameter	39 m (128 ft)
Power generation
Units operational	10 × 0.5 MW
Make and model	Vestas V39-500 kW (10)
Nameplate capacity	5 MW
Capacity factor	29.7%
External links
Website	Tunoe Knob
Commons	Related media on Commons

Wind farm layout

The wind farm was commissioned in 1995 with 10 turbines, each a 500 kW Vestas V39.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} The turbines are 45 metres high, based on concrete foundations at 3-6 meter deep waters, and together they produce enough electricity to supply c. 2,800 households.^[6] The Tunø Knob Offshore Wind Farm was the first offshore wind farm by Danish wind turbine company Vestas.

See also

• Denmark portal
• Weather portal
• Renewable energy portal

• Wind power in Denmark
• List of offshore wind farms in Denmark

References

1. Spliid, Iben B. Data on operating and decommissioned wind turbines (as at end of September 2010) Archived 2014-08-02 at the Wayback Machine (.xls spreadsheet) Danish Energy Agency, 18 October 2010. Main page Archived 2013-04-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved: 25 October 2010.
2. Operational offshore wind farms in Europe, end 2009 EWEA. Retrieved: 23 October 2010.
3. Christensen, Allan S. & Madsen, Morten. Supply Chain study on the Danish offshore wind industry Archived 2016-05-15 at the Portuguese Web Archive page 33-42 Offshore Center Denmark, 29. august 2005. Retrieved: 23 October 2010.
4. Tunø Offshore wind energy listing Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
5. 4cOffshore listing for Tunø Knob
6. "Tunø Knob vindmøllepark, Odder" (in Danish). ArkArk.dk. Retrieved 11 July 2018.

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