As global energy demand continues to grow, ever scarcer fossil resources are forcing us to rethink our approach. New ways to generate environmentally friendly energy are needed. Wind power plays a key role here. A successful example is "Lillgrund" in Sweden, one of the largest offshore wind parks in Europe, built by Siemens for the Vattenfall Energy Group.
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The top winner in the Individual Competition receives a whopping $100,000scholarship, while the winners of the team competition share one hundred grand. However, competition organizers point out that all of the finalists are winners since they beat out more than 1,600 applicants who registered for this year's competition.
"HVDC Plus", the next generation of high-voltage direct-current transmission systems, is an intelligent solution for feeding electricity from renewable energy sources with fluctuating power generation capacities -- such as offshore wind farms -- into the power grid reliably and efficiently.