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Offshore Wind Worldwide 2023
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1. STATE AND FUTURE OF
OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS
Denmark has the longest history of offshore wind energy production in the world,
with the establishment of its first wind farm
in 1991. In 2022, the total capacity of the
Danish OWFs constituted 2.3 GW, cf. the
Danish Energy Agency (DEA).
Nearshore OWFs of 170 MW (Vesterhav Syd
OWF) and of 180 MW (Vesterhav Nord OWF)
are expected to be put into operation in the
second half of 2023. Thor OWF of 1.008 MW
will be located in the Danish North Sea and
be operational ultimo 2027 at the latest.
With a number of broad-based political
agreements, there is political consensus
to scale up the offshore wind capacity in
Denmark and to tender 9 GW, as a minimum, offshore wind capacity by 2030. See
below an overview of expected upcoming
OWF tenders based on the latest political
agreements.
OWF
Location
Scheduled COD
Capacity (MW)
Hesselø OWF
Kattegat (DK2)
2029
800-1,000
OWF
Not decided
2030
800-1,000
OWF
Not decided
2030
1,000
OWFs
Not decided
2030
4,000
Bornholm Energy Island OWF
Baltic Sea (DK2)
2030
3.000
North Sea Energy Island OWF
North Sea (DK1)
2033
3,000-4,000
As set out in the above table, the location
of a total of 6 GW offshore wind capacity
remains to be decided. Pre-investigations,
environmental assessments and construction of grid connection plants are, however,
initiated by the Danish Energy Agency (DEA)
based on a screening of offshore areas conducted by the DEA in 2022.
In June 2022, a broad majority of the Danish
Parliament agreed that a new model for
state tenders for OWFs should be developed. The most recent tender, the tender for
Thor OWF in December 2021, showed that
more players were willing to pay the Danish
state for the construction of the OWF. Thor
OWF is the first tendered OWF in Denmark
to be constructed without state support,
and which is expected to result in revenues
to the state (expectedly DKK 2.8 billion).
The political negotiations on a new tender
model for upcoming OWF tenders of 9 GW
started in March 2023 with the objective of
launching tenders based on the new tender
model in 2023, including Hesselø OWF and
Bornholm Energy Island OWF.
During 2022, there has been great interest in
applying for licences to construct OWFs under the so-called open-door procedure. In
the open-door procedure, a developer takes
the initiative to apply for licence to construct
