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Danish Energy Agency progresses six open-door applications

By: Tom Russell 31/08/2022 Danish Energy Agency

General Windfarms

The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) announced it has sent six further applications for regulatory hearings which were received through its open-door scheme. Several of the projects applied for are located far from the coast.

The Danish Energy Agency stated it has received great interest in the establishment of new coastal offshore wind farms through the so-called open door scheme. Since 4 April 2022, the Danish Energy Agency has received 47 applications, of which 16 have been rejected due to overlap with state land reservations.

The Danish Energy Agency will now send a further six applications for regulatory hearings. The applications are located at areas 1-3, 7, 11 and 12, cf. map.

It follows news in July that the Danish Energy Agency has received a number of applications for very large projects (capacity of over 1 GW each), several of which are located far from the coast.

Due to the nature of the projects in terms of size and, in several cases, distance to the coast, the Danish Energy Agency has investigated whether the applications are covered by the rules for the open door scheme.

The Danish Energy Agency has now assessed that this is the case. The board will therefore proceed with the substantive processing of the applications, which includes, among other things, hearings with respective authorities.

The decision on whether a feasibility study permit can be granted for a project will depend on a concrete assessment, in which a number of different conditions will be included, including considerations for the environment, nature, safety, shipping, fishing or planning considerations in relation to the overall development of offshore wind turbines, the extent of wind resources as well as considerations for the overall grid planning, etc.

According to the Danish Energy Agency, if an application secures a preliminary study permit, this does not imply that permission is given to set up offshore wind turbines at the given location, but only that the necessary studies for the project can be carried out.

Open-door

Under the open-door procedure for offshore wind, a project developer chooses the size and location of a wind farm, and the Danish Energy Agency must grant three permits before the project can be built. These permits are sequential: each is required for the next. The permits include: Preliminary study (Environmental Impact Assessment [EIA] approval), Establishment Permit, and Permit for the Utilization of Energy (Electricity Production Permit).

The process begins when the DEA receives an unsolicited application from a developer, which serves as a request for permission to carry out feasibility studies.

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