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Wind Power for the World
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Wind Power for the World

by Preben Maegaard, Anna Krenz, Wolfgang Palz
June 2013
Beginner content levelBeginner
676 pages
20h 39m
English
CRC Press
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History of Danish Wind Power
Figure 3.42 The erection of a 3.6 MW Siemens test wind turbine with
direct drive and PMG near Ringkøbing, Denmark, in July 2008
(on the photo). Three years later, a 6 MW direct drive Siemens
turbine was introduced (Photo: Siemens AG) (left); In 2011,
the biggest Vestas turbine produced was the 3 MW V-140
(140 m rotor diameter). It uses PMG, but still combined with a
gearbox. In December 2010, three Vestas V-140 were placed at
the surf of the North Sea in Hvide Sande, Jutland—an optimal
onshore location (Photo: Preben Maegaard).
In 1996, the Danish wind turbine industry covered nearly 60%
of the global ...
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ISBN: 9789814364935