Horns Rev 2 Turns Ten Today

Wind Industry Profile of

Located far from the Danish coast and in an area of the North Sea with high waves, the Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm, the world’s largest of its kind at the time, has been covering the annual power consumption of around 200,000 Danish households with renewable energy for the past decade.

When HRH The Crown Prince pressed the red button on 17 September 2009 and officially inaugurated the Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm, it’s unlikely that many could have imagined how quickly offshore wind power would transform from a marginal niche industry into a global energy technology which now supplies energy to millions of people on three continents.  World’s largest at the time At the inauguration, Horns Rev 2 was the world’s largest offshore... ... More: Official Press Release Ørsted

Keywords:

Ørsted, offshore, wind farm, birthday, Horns Rev 2, Denmark, power, electricity, DONG Energy, supply, inauguration