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Denmark Launches Massive Offshore Wind Auction

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.

This is the sub-heading.

Denmark has opened a new offshore wind tender, the country’s largest ever, offering a minimum of 6 GW of new capacity spread over six wind farms, with the overplanting option allowing for 10 GW or more of new capacity to be added.

These are two paragraphs from the article.

The offshore wind farms must deliver at least 6 GW, and as a new element, there will be freedom to establish as much offshore wind as possible on the tendered areas, with the exemption of Hesselø with a maximum capacity of 1.2 GW.

If the market utilizes this freedom to optimize the usage of the areas, it could result in the construction of 10 GW offshore wind or more, the agency said.

Recently, some wind farms in the UK have been increased in size after the auction.

In Crown Estate Mulls Adding 4 GW Of Capacity From Existing Offshore Wind Projects, I note how 4 GW of overplanting could be employed to raise the total capacity from 4.6 GW to 8.6 GW.

So have the Danes decided to build expansion into the tender?

One of the wind farms in the auction is called Nordsøen I.

1. It will be about 50 km. from the West Coast of Denmark.
2. It appears it will have a capacity of at least 1 GW.
3. It could connect to the shore, not far from where the Viking Link between Lincolnshire and Denmark connects to the Danish grid.
4. There is a 700 MW interconnector between the area and Eemshaven in The Netherlands.
5. There is 1.5 GW of overland transmission lines to Germany.

All these connections, increase energy security for Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK.

Could the Danes be building the Nordsøen I, so it could work with the all the connections in Southern Jutland and improve energy security?

April 22, 2024 - Posted by AnonW | Energy | Denmark, Germany, Interconnectors, Nordsøen I Wind Farm, Offshore Wind Power, The Netherlands, Viking Link, Wind Power