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List of Danish wind turbine manufacturers. Micon (Moerup Industrial Windmill Construction Company) (1982–1997) — merged with NEG in 1997; NEG Micon (1997–2004) — merged from NEG and Micon in 1997, merged with Vestas in 2004; Nordex (1985–present) — moved to Germany
Middelgrunden offshore wind park, 3.5 km outside Copenhagen.When built in 2000, it was the world's largest. [1]Denmark was a pioneer in developing commercial wind power during the 1970s, and today a substantial share of the wind turbines around the world are produced by Danish manufacturers such as Vestas—the world's largest wind-turbine manufacturer—along with many component suppliers.
This is a list of operational, offshore wind farms in Denmark (within the national maritime boundaries). Denmark's wind power generation is the highest in the world as a fraction of domestic consumption, reaching 47% in 2019. [1] Data is primarily from the 4C Offshore's Global Offshore Wind Farm Map and Database.
It also owns power production facilities and projects in Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom. Ørsted is the largest offshore wind farm company in the world [46] with a market share of 16%. [47] Ørsted surpassed 1,000 offshore wind turbines in 2016. [48] In Denmark, it operates the 209 MW Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm.
Vestas Wind Systems A/S is a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines that was founded in 1945. The company operates manufacturing plants in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Taiwan, India, Italy, Romania, the United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Australia, China, Brazil, Poland [2] and the United States, [3] and employs 29,000 people globally.
The total installed power capacity was 12.5 GW in 2001 and in the end of 2006 12.7 GW including 9.5 GW from natural gas, coal and oil and 3.1 GW wind power. [10] Denmark has almost no hydropower, [26] and no pumped storage. [27] Denmark had the 6th best energy security in the world in 2014, although this includes non-electrical energy. [28]
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S ("CIP") is a Danish investment firm specializing in infrastructure investments, particularly wind power. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] CIP is one of the world's largest dedicated renewables investment firms with €25 billion raised and a project pipeline of 120 GW.
Alstom Wind (Spain) – subsidiary of General Electric since 2015; Enron Wind (now defunct) – wind-turbine manufacturing assets bought by General Electric in 2002; Fuji Heavy Industries (Japan) – the wind turbine business was acquired by Hitachi in 2012; Gamesa (Spain) NEG Micon (Spain) – was bought by Gamesa; NEG Micon – now part of Vestas