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Figure 7.32
Prototype of the Folkecenter-designed Baltic Power 99 kW
wind turbine with wooden blades, Bornholm. The following
nine windmills had fibreglass blades.
Ebbe Münster and Olaf Erichsen of Dansk Andelsenergi were
the driving forces in the cooperative company, which did not,
however, get the influence that had been expected on local
production. Commercialisation and competition had begun to
break through in a serious manner. The windmill project was part
of the Green Island project for Bornholm, which gradually lost
momentum, and no wind turbines were built beyond the original
nine for local use.
Figure 7.33
Wind turbines of Folkecenter design, produced by local
manufacturer's consortium, Baltic Power, Bornholm.
It was disappointing that they did not succeed in making use
of the evident opportunities for export to the United States. But
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