OFFSHORE WINDFARM GIANT ANNOUNCES ANOTHER VERY IMPRESSIVE MILESTONE

                                                                      

                                                               

Bird's eye view of turbines - these off the Cumbrian coast (Photo: courtesy Ørsted)

DANISH offshore windfarm developer Ørsted, which has a significant presence in Grimsby, has announced an important milestone.

It has this week announced the installation of its 1,500th offshore turbine, this one off the Dutch town of Borssele.

Ørsted installed the world's first offshore wind turbine at Vindeby, Denmark, in 1991. 

The entire offshore wind farm, consisting of 11 turbines, had a capacity of 5MW - a lot less than the capacity of a single modern offshore wind turbine. 

In 2012, 21 years after Vindeby, Ørsted installed its 500th turbine, which was achieved at Walney Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Cumbria. 

The 1,000th followed only four years later at the German Gode Wind 1 and  2 project.

The company also has developments off the coasts of  Taiwan and the US.

* Is Ørsted as green-friendly as it claims? What about its turbines' impact on wildlife, notably migrating birds? How many catastrophic incidents are occurring out to sea? The subject is explored in the Cleethorpes-published e-book, A Fault to Nature, available (price £2) via Amazon Kindle. https://amzn.to/37pRsKZ