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concept enabled many local blacksmiths and millwrights to get a
part in the flourishing Danish wind power market during the first
decades of the 20th century. Between 1910 and 1920, the Holstebro
Iron Foundry delivered nearly 200 of these “kits” to more than 40
local craftsmen.
During the two decades, here called “the first golden age” of
Danish wind power, Denmark had a windmill-industry with high
capacity in relation to the size of the country. The knowledge of
windmill-technology was widespread to a great number of small-
and medium-sized producers—most of them far away from the big
industrial centres, but close to the potential market. This unique
background could probably partly give an explanation for the
successful development of a new Danish wind turbine industry
several decades later.
Figure 3.11
The windmills from “the first golden age” were strong
survivors. This 6-bladed windmill was delivered in 1933 to
the big farm Søe Hovedgaard at the island of Mors by the
producer D. M. Heide. Placed close to a modern wind turbine,
in the early 1990s it was still in use, driving a grinder (Photo:
Benny Christensen, DVS).
3.6
New Technology and Survival Strategies in
the 1920s
When imported fuels were available again after the war, the
windmill market experienced a steep decline. Many of the windmill
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