16 Do you speak winD turbine? DO YOU SPEAK WIND TURBINE? As a rule of thumb, every MW installed offshore generates enough electricity for roughly 1,000 Danish households per day. Blade The share of wind in the Danish electricity consumption has increased steadily during the last years: 30% in 2012, 33% in 2013 and 39% in 2014. Hub In 2013 and 2014, the average capacity of an onshore wind turbine installed in Denmark was 2.8 MW. Nacelle Gear box The world’s largest wind turbine is currently being tested at Østerild – The National Test Centre for Large Wind Turbines. The turbine has a total height of 222 m, and once installed offshore the power it generates will cover the daily electricity consumption of more than 8,000 average Danish homes. Generator In 2014, 860 kW of wind energy were installed per 1,000 Danish citizen. In comparison, this number was 250 kW for the other EU28 countries. Tower On the night of July 10, 2015, Danish wind turbines produced 140% of the Danish electricity consumption. The surplus was exported to Sweden, Norway and Germany thanks to the interconnected grid between the countries. In its lifespan, a wind turbine can produce up to 57 times the amount of energy that went in to constructing it. Landing platform Different types of foundations: Transition piece Foundation Monopile Tripod Jacket Gravity Suction bucket Jacket suction bucket
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