The technology being installed at the DKr300m ($45m) demonstration project, being developed by Nissum Bredning Vindmøllelaug and Jysk Energi off Rønland in northern Denmark, is expected to show a "significant positive impact" on the levellised cost of energy (LCoE) of offshore wind.

"Since the Danish Ministry of Energy tendered Nissum Bredning Vind [earlier this year] as an official test bed for new technologies and integrated design, we've looked forward to this exciting project," says Michael Hannibal, chief executive of Siemens Wind Power renewables division.

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