elsam engineering a/s ewec 2006 how to change local opposition to wind farms jette i. kjær m. sc....

Elsam Engineering A/S

www.elsam-engineering.com

EWEC 2006

How to change local opposition to wind farms

Jette I. Kjær

M. Sc. Project Engineer

www.elsam-engineering.com Side 2

Status of the development in Denmark and Sweden

Denmark Sweden

Wind industry start 1990 1980s

Total MW wind capacity

approx 3500 MW 492 MW

MW offshore wind approx 375 MW 23 MW


Horns Rev and Nysted Offshore Wind Farms

Horns Rev

Turbines: 80 Vestas V80, 2 MW

Height to tip: 110 m

Distance to coast: 14 km

Nysted

Turbines: 72 Bonus, 2.3 MW

Height to tip: 110 m

Distance to coast: 10 km


Karta över Lillgrund Vindkraftpark

9 km

10 km

14 km

7 km

7 km

Flin

tränn

an

Köpenhamn

Saltholm

Malmö

Lernacken

Bunkeflostrand

HöllvikenSkanör

Öresundsbron

Dragör

Klagshamn

Pepparholm

Lillgrund Offshore Wind Farm


Lillgrund – technical data

• 48 Siemens, 2.3 MW

• Height to tip: 115 m

• Rotor diameter: 80-90 m


Sociological study

Horns Rev Nysted

Concerns Tourism

Fishery industry

Visual effects

Environment (birds, flora and fauna)

Effects after construction

No effect on tourism

Limited effects on fishery

Visual effects (light)

Limited effects on the environment

Attitude after construction

Acceptance/positive Less acceptance (light)


Social costs - study

• Aim

• Investigations of attitudes towards wind energy:

• Onshore and offshore

• National and at local level (Horns Rev and Nysted

• Method

• Questionnaires

• 700 nationwide

• 350 in the Horns Rev area

• 350 in the Nysted area


Social costs – acceptance in Denmark

Horns Rev Nysted DK

General acceptance of onshore wind turbines

Yes Yes Yes

Acceptance of new onshore wind turbines

No No No

Acceptance of new offshore wind turbines

Yes Partly yes Yes


Willingness to pay

332261

666707

643

743

904

591

1223

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

1400

NA-sample HR-sample NY-sample

Sample

WT

P d

kk/h

ouse

hold

/yea

r

12 km

18 km

50 km


Sociological study

Horns Rev Nysted Lillgrund

Concerns Tourism

Fishery industry

Visual effects

Environment (birds, flora and fauna)

Environment

Noise

Economy

Effects after construction

No effect on tourism

Limited effects on fishery

Visual effects (light)

Limited effects on the environment

?

Attitude after construction

Acceptance/positive Less acceptance (light) ?


Conclusions

• Technology

• Focus on offshore wind farms

• Distance > 10 km from the coastline (NB! 2-2.5 MW turbines)

• Lights are of high importance if the wind turbines are < 12 km from the coastline

• Information

• Information through process – from planning to operation

• Use questionnaires to reach the level of local knowledge on wind turbines

• Environmental arguments facilitates acceptance of wind turbines

• Information about results of effects


Invitation

The Danish Environmental Group is pleased to invite you to our conference presenting the Final Results of the Danish Environmental Monitoring Programme for the offshore wind farms at Horns Rev and Nysted.

We will provide you with an excellent overview of the monitoring programme carried out during the period 1999 to 2006. The purpose of the conference is to give you an extensive overview of the general results of the environmental monitoring programme as well as specific knowledge of the results at a local level.

We hope that you – as an ecologist, developer, stakeholder or authority – will be able to use these results and conclusions extensively when working with offshore wind farms.

Sincerely, The Danish Environmental Group

Thank you for listening

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