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Port area expanded by 78,000m2
Demand for space at Esbjerg’s port area remains strong, and the Port of Esbjerg recently took over an area 78,000 m2 in size. That is equal to the size of eleven football pitches.
Since the 1980s, the site has been used for drying and temporarily storing polluted sediment dug up from the port basins. In 2007, the Danish Coastal Authority was instructed to prepare the area for port purposes, and it has now been filled with sand and gravel and stabilised with concrete. The site now has sufficient bearing capacity for heavy wind turbine components such as turbine blades.
Planning is already underway, and construction of a warehouse has begun at one end of the area. The conversion of the drying sites is part of the clean harbour project, for which the Danish parliament has earmarked DKK 265 million.
The new area at the Port of Esbjerg is the size of eleven football pitches.
Port of Esbjerg signatory joint statement calling for more offshore wind in the North Sea
In its capacity as Europe’s largest port for the offshore wind industry, the Port of Esbjerg joined the Danish, Belgian and German governments, a number of leading energy companies, shipping companies, wind turbine manufacturers and other representatives from the offshore wind industry as a signatory to a joint statement to further the deployment of offshore energy.
The joint statement confirms the ambition to exploit the potential for furthering the deployment of offshore energy in the North Sea. The industry is ready to install 60 GW of new capacity in the North Sea between 2020 and 2030, or a minimum of 4 GW per year.
“The statement sends a strong signal that the green transition is well underway and that its pace will only accelerate going forward,” says Port of Esbjerg CSO Jesper Bank. He attended the conference in London organised by Renewable UK and WindEurope, where the statement was signed.
Currently, the largest offshore wind turbines being installed at North Sea wind farms have a capacity of 8 MW each. Some of them are in operation at Måde near the Esbjerg port area. No less than 1,100 MW of offshore wind turbines were shipped from the Port of Esbjerg in 2016.
The DANMARK training ship calls at Esbjerg: The three-mast full-rigger arrived at Esbjerg earlier this summer for its annual inspection.
The training ship DANMARK arrived at Esbjerg earlier this summer for its annual inspection. When not on a voyage, this full-rig vessel is normally based at Frederikshavn.
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