History of Europe's wind industry

1984

European Wind Energy Association logo, 1984

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1991

Built in 1991, Vindeby in Denmark was the world’s first offshore wind farm

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1992

United Nations Conference on Environment

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (“Earth Summit”) in Rio de Janeiro establishes global principles for sustainable development and environmental protection

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1993

Blades about to be put on an Enercon E40 wind turbine in 1993

Blades about to be put on an Enercon E40 wind turbine in 1993

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1995

Construction of foundations for an offshore wind farm in Denmark, 1995

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2000

Middelgrunden wind farm

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2002

Alaiz wind farm in Navarra, Spain, 2002

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2005

Installation of a 3.75 MW Siemens turbine, 2005

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2007

The world’s largest wind turbine to date, the 7 MW Enercon E-126, is installed in Emden, Germany, 2007

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2009

Statoil’s Hywind floating turbine, Norway, 2009

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2011

Principle Power’s WindFloat Prototype, Portugal, 2011

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2016

Agios Georgios island

Agios Georgios island, Greece has the only onshore wind farm with offshore characteristics: submarine cables connect it to Athens’ electrical grid. Photo Marios Zangas, 2016

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2017

Currently the longest wind turbine blade is 88.

Currently the longest wind turbine blade is 88.4 metres, produced for an 8 MW offshore turbine. Photo: LM Wind Power, 2017

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