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New Project Studies Shadow Effect in Offshore Wind Farms
Official Press Release DTU Wind Energy:
Does offshore wind farms steal the wind from each other?
Large wind farms will also play an important role in Denmark's green change in the future. However, one has to think strategically when a wind turbine is positioned so the wind farms do not cause problems for each other. A new project by DTU Wind Energy in collaboration with Vattenfall will look at that problem.
Today, there are 13 wind farms in Denmark and several are expected in the future. Although it sounds positive with several wind farms, clusters with many wind farms close together can have certain disadvantages. DTU Wind Energy and Vattenfall have therefore joined forces in working on the project 'OffshoreWake'. The project investigates how offshore wind farms... ... More: Official Press Release DTU Wind Energy
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