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Horns Rev Offshore Wind Farm
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Horns Rev is an offshore wind farm in Danish waters in the North Sea.
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Country | Denmark |
Location | Horns Rev, East North Sea |
Coordinates | 55°31′47″N 7°54′22″E |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | May 2008 (II) 2016 (III) |
Commission date | 2002 (I) November 2009 (II) 2019 (III) |
Construction cost | €448 million[1] (II) €1 billion[2] (III) |
Owner(s) | Vattenfall (60%),Ørsted (40%) (I) Ørsted (II) Vattenfall (III) |
Operator(s) | Vattenfall (I) Ørsted (II) Vattenfall (III) |
Wind farm | |
Type | Offshore |
Max. water depth | 6–14 m (20–46 ft) (I) 9–17 m (30–56 ft) (II) 11–19 m (36–62 ft) (III) |
Distance from shore | 14–20 km (9–12 mi) (I) 30 km (19 mi) (II) 29–44 km (18–27 mi) (III) |
Hub height | 70 m (230 ft) (I) 68 m (223 ft) (II) 105 m (344 ft) (III) |
Rotor diameter | 80 m (262 ft) (I) 93 m (305 ft) (II) 164 m (538 ft) (III) |
Rated wind speed | 9.7 m/s (32 ft/s) (I) 10 m/s (33 ft/s) (II) 14 m/s (46 ft/s) (III) |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 80 × 2 MW (I) 91 × 2.3 MW (II) 49 × 8.3 MW (III) |
Make and model | Vestas: V80-2.0 (I) Siemens: SWT 2.3-93 (II) MHI Vestas: V164 (III) |
Nameplate capacity | 160 MW[3] (I) 209 MW (II) 406.7 MW (III) |
Capacity factor | 47.7%[4] (II) |
Annual net output | 600 GW·h[5] (I) |
External links | |
Website | www.hornsrev.dk www.dongenergy.com corporate.vattenfall.com |
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The wind farm was built in three phases, the first coming online in 2002, the second in 2009 and the third in 2019. Horns Rev 1, the first phase, was the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the world, with a capacity of 160 MW.[3][6]