Wind power plant at sea © Photo by Kim Hansen. Postprocessing (crop, rotation, color adjustment, dust spot removal and noise reduction) by Richard Bartz and Kim Hansen. - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7185913 CC BY-SA 3.0

Wind power plant at sea

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Photo:
View of the Middelgrunden offshore wind park in Denmark.

Available in: English, German, Spanish (CREA)
Type of media: Image (455.9 kByte)
Last update: 2018-11-28
License:

This medium is made available under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license.

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Media package:
Content package for interactive whiteboards (ES): Electricity from renewable energy sources
Renewable energies – the future is sunny!
Water and wind – traditional energy sources rediscovered
Description:
In the sea near the coast, there is enough space to erect a large number of wind turbines for electrical power generation. Because there is also more wind at sea, around 50% more energy is produced than on land. One problem is the transmission of the electrical energy to the power grid on land. If the modern technology of high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission via marine cable is used, transmission losses are minimal.

Information and ideas:
How are offshore wind parks different from those on land? What are the advantages and disadvantages? What hurdles have to be overcome, for example, for transfer to the power grid? What ecological consequences could occur?
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Learning resource type:
Illustration
Subjects:
Geography; Personal, social and health education (PSHE); Technology
Grade levels:
Grade 1 to 4; Grade 5 to 6; Grade 7 to 9; Grade 10 to 13
School types:
Elementary school; Middle/high school; Vocational training
Keywords:
Ecology; Energy supply; Environmental change; Environmental protection; Power generation; Renewable energy; Solar energy; Wind power plant; Ecology (environmental protection); Electric power generation; Electric power supply; Environment; Impact on landscape; Renewable energy; Solar energy; Wind power plant; Wind turbine
Bibliography:
Siemens Stiftung Media Portal
Author:
Photo by Kim Hansen. Postprocessing (crop, rotation, color adjustment, dust spot removal and noise reduction) by Richard Bartz and Kim Hansen. - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7185913
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© Photo by Kim Hansen. Postprocessing (crop, rotation, color adjustment, dust spot removal and noise reduction) by Richard Bartz and Kim Hansen. - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7185913
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