Hesselø Offshore Wind Farm - Denmark

Description

The Danish Parliament has in recent years agreed to a large expansion in offshore wind farms in Denmark. The aim is to ensure the green transition and strengthening the future security of supply of energy in Denmark. The political agreements that this procurement concerns are: - Climate Agreement from the 29 June 2018, - Climate Agreement from the 22 June 2020, - the Financial Act from the 4 December 2022, - Climate Agreement regarding green electricity and heat from the 25 June 2022, and - additional Agreement on the procurement details regarding 6 GW offshore wind and Energy Island Bornholm from May 30 2023. This procurement concerns the establishment of one (1) new large-scale offshore wind farm named "Hesselø", pursuant to the directive 2014/23/EU on the award of concession contracts as implemented into Danish law by the executive order no. 1080 of 29 June 2022 on award of concession contracts. The location site of "Hesselø" offshore wind farm is further stated in Appendix 2, Location of the Concession Area, incorporated in the procurement material. The Concessionaire is obliged to establish the offshore wind farm to be held in co-ownership with State Holding with the production capacity of electricity of at least 800 MW. The offshore wind farm shall be established before 31 December 2030. The Concessionaire will in special cases be entitled to an extension of this deadline. Connection of the offshore wind farm to the Danish Transmission Grid is voluntary for the Concessionaire. The Concession Agreement further enables the Concessionaire to establish Overplanting Capacity within the Concession Area, i.e. it is optional for Concessionaire to establish more than 800 MW capacity within the Concession Area, but a maximum of 400 MW. For further description of the procurement, reference is made to the procurement specifications and the procurement material as a whole.