Today the Danish Climate and Energy Minister Lykke Friis officially inaugurated E.ON’s offshore wind farm Rösand II. Rödsand lies between the German island of Fehmarn and the Danish island of Lolland and is currently the largest of E.ON’s six offshore wind farms and one of the largest operating in the world today. With a capacity of 207 megawatt it will provide enough clean, renewable energy for 200,000 homes.
The turbines, each with capacity of 2.3 MW and rotor diameters of 93 meters, are supplied by Siemens. E.ON has invested approximately €400 million in this wind farm. The project was completed three month ahead of schedule – an extraordinary success in the still young offshore wind industry.