Nysted Wind Farm

The Nysted Wind Farm (also known as Rødsand) is a Danish offshore wind farm close to the Rødsand sand bank near Lolland. Gravity base foundations are used rather than piles due to ice conditions.^[3]

Nysted Wind Farm
Country	Denmark
Location	South of Lolland
Coordinates	54°33′0″N 11°42′36″E
Status	Operational
Commission date	2003
Construction cost	about EUR 600 million
Owners	Ørsted, PensionDanmark
Wind farm
Type	Offshore
Power generation
Units operational	162 × 2.3 MW (Siemens)
Make and model	Siemens Wind Power
Nameplate capacity	166 MW (Rødsand I) 207 MW (Rødsand II) 383MW total
Annual net output	1,370 GW·h[1][2]
External links
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Wind farm layout

Offshore turbine, used in Nysted Wind Farm

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.^[4] 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 CO₂ emissions.^[5] Turbines were installed by A2SEA.^[6] It receives 45 øre per kW·h for the first 42,000 full-load hours, which is about 11 years.^[7]

Rødsand I was out for 41⁄2 months in 2007 when the main transformer suffered a malfunction,^[7] causing a production loss of 23 million DKK per month.^[4]

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.^[1] Stadtwerke Lübeck also owns a share.^[7]

As of 2013^[update] it has an availability of 97 percent.^[7]

Rødsand II

In 2010, a 207 MW extension of the existing wind farm was installed by E.ON at a stated cost of EUR450m^[8] and a power purchase agreement at DKK 0.629 per kW·h (US$0.12/kW·h).^[9] It was originally scheduled to be completed in 2011,^[10] but installation happened faster than projected,^[11] and on 15 July 2010, E.ON reported that all turbines had been installed and the majority were supplying power to the Danish grid.^[12] On 3 August, E.ON reported that the wind farm was ready and went into operation, three months ahead of schedule.^[13] Rødsand 2 was inaugurated on 12 October.^[2]

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.^[14]

See also

• Wind power in Denmark
• List of offshore wind farms in Denmark
• List of wind farms
• List of offshore wind farms
• List of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea