EnergyBiz - January/February 2008 - (Page 21) LESSONS FROM AN EMERGING WIND POWER BY MARTIN ROSENBERG ILLUSTR ATION BY STAN SHAW The of Denmark have a story to tell in their own Nordic unassuming way. You hear it from quietly proud Per Volund, an engineer, as he takes a group of Americans out on a small boat to tour the Middlegrunden wind farm in Copenhagen harbor. Volund, the vicechairman of the cooperative that runs the 20 turbines, pointed out at the arc of units standing in the tides one recent wintry day, providing the Danish capital with 4 percent of its electricity since 2000. “We solved all the problems to make it happen and proved that this is possible and not too complicated,” he said. You also hear the story from scientists like Sten Frandsen of the Risoe National Laboratory, who are helping to nurture the country’s fast-evolving wind technology. He envisions the eventual erection of a 20-megawatt wind generator whose whooshing blades would define a 250-meters diameter circle. That would be about the height of the Eiffel Tower or almost the length of three football people EDiTOr’s nOTE Research for this article was conducted with the assistance of New Energy Denmark, a group of Danish citizens organizations interested in promoting cooperation between Danes and Americans developing renewable energy resources. rEL aTED sTOry p. 72, Vestas Commands the Skies www.energycentral.com E n E rgyB i z 21 http://www.energycentral.com
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