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 ...