Wind farm

Description

In March 2012, the Danish Government entered into an energy agreement with all but 1 of the political parties in the Danish Parliament. With the support of 95 percent of the members of the Danish Parliament the agreement secured the needed investments for a further step to improve Denmark's production of renewable energy. By the agreement, the parties decided to initiate a tendering process covering the installation of offshore wind turbines totalling approx. 1 450 MW, i.e. 400 MW at Horns Rev 3, 600 MW at Kriegers Flak and 450 MW in near shore areas. A prior information notice was published in the Official Journal of the European Union for the first 2 off shore wind farms on 22.2.2013 and for the near shore areas on 28.9.2013. This tender covers only Horns Rev 3 to be situated in the North Sea off the coast of Denmark. The tendered wind farm is named ‘Horns Rev 3’, as it is the third wind farm to be constructed in the site at Horns Rev. The concessionaire (the winner of this tender) is allowed to use an expected maximum of 88 km² of the designated area for the construction of the wind farm (not including the radials to the transformer platform). As a part of the tender preparation, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) conducted technical dialogue meetings. The contract has been awarded as a concession contract together with license for preliminary investigations and license for establishing the offshore wind farm. Timely establishment of the substation and cable to shore for Horns Rev 3 is provided by the Danish TSO, Energinet.dk and will be paid for by the electricity consumers. For Horns Rev 3 the grid connection for 400 MW will be available from 1.1.2017. The financing of the installation of the offshore wind farm is to be provided by the successful bidder. Licence for electricity production and authorisation will be given for 25 years with the possibility of prolongation if allowed under applicable regulation. The concession contract offers a fixed price/kwh for 20 TWh (contract for the difference). The fixed price will not be indexed.