Dong to decommission world's first offshore wind array

The 5MW array off the Danish island of Lolland in the Baltic Sea consists of 11 small turbines supplied by Bonus Energy, which was later bought by Siemens Wind Power.

"Vindeby was the humble beginning of a Danish industry which today has approximately 30,000 employees, revenue of approximately DKr90bn [$13.58bn] and exports to the tune of DKr60bn," says Leif Winther, who is responsible for Dong's Danish offshore wind farms.

"But