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COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, September 2, 2008. The Danish Ministry for Climate and Energy says a new 400 MW offshore wind farm will be built by 2012. The wind farm comes in addition to the 200 MW Rødsand II (online from 2011) and 200 MW Horns Rev II (online from 2009), and will be built between Anholt and Djursland in the Kattegat Sea between Denmark and Sweden. The location was chosen due to the possibility of connecting the wind farm more or less directly to the existing grid, which means the windmills can be put up quicker. Depending on the capacity of the windmills that will be chosen, the wind farm will have 100-175 wind mills.

Scientists attending the "Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions" summit in Copenhagen that wrapped up today have released the six key conclusions reached by participants:

""The planning of the cable laying began back in 2000 after a severe hurricane hit Denmark at the end of December 1999. Today, we've completed the cable laying, and I'm pleased that the consumers in our grid area no longer have to fear major power cuts when Mother Nature takes its toll causing trees to fall down on overhead line poles and power lines. Now that the power cables are buried in the ground, we can avoid this.""