The Øresund bridge, view from Klagshamn, early morning. Looks like we gonna have a nice day!
Vattenfalls' office in Klagshamn. They run the farm from here. Control room, workshop, wearhouse etc. are also in this building.
The farm monitoring system. Each turbines' status and output are clearly visible.
This is how a cross section of a 100MVA 132KV underwater cable looks like.
The control room, with nice view to the farm
View outside to the harbour
Our ship
Sailing out of the harbour
As you can see, it was verrry cold...
Getting closer... the round thing is the transformer substation.
At this point the ship enters the farms' premises and slows down to a few knots.
This giant 100+MVA transformer steps up the 33KV voltage from the turbines to a 132KV. It is connected to the turbines and land by underwater cables.
First close glance at the turbines. These are Siemens 2.3MW, with rotor diameter of 93m and tower hight around 70m.
Everybody is out, watching those giant beauties in spite of the cold.
Me and friends (Wojciech, why do you look so scared? :-)
Here is my turn to look silly...
You can appreciate the size of the thing by looking for the man that stands down there on the foundation... see him?
Maintenance guys are here
Water depth is between 6-10m. Each foundation weighs around 2000 tonnes, and is sized individually dpending on the exact depth. The foundations were produced in Poland and transported on a barge to the site.
View towards Malmö. The white building far in the distance (right in the center of the photo) is the famous Torso tower.
Looking north towards the bridge, which spans some 8km
View towards Malmö. The white building far in the distance (where the end of the bridge is seen) is the famous Torso tower.
The maintenance ship passing by
Some clowds appeared, creating some interesting lighting conditions.
Can you see the meteorological mast? it is right in the middle
Time to play a bit with the camera. Tell me which one of the next seven photos do you think is the best.
Leaving the farm
Back to Klagshamn. Probably enough, after freezing to death for more than an hour. But it was very fun though...
I was not supposed to take a photo of this sign...
Getting on the bridge
On the way back to Copenhagen, getting off the bridge right into the tunnel, in the small artificial island Peberholm ("pepper island"). Its' name was given beacuse it is located right next to a larger natural island called Saltholm ("salt island")... So the danes do have a sense of humor after all..
