Offshore Wind Power
in Denmark
- experience and solutions
Steffen Nielsen
Head of Section
Danish Energy Authority
Ministry of Transport and Energy
15 years of experience offshore
¾ First Danish offshore
wind farm 1991
¾ Capacity now 423 MW.
(Total 3100 MW)
¾ Tenders for 2 x 200 MW
wind farms to be
established in 2009 and
2010
Liberalised Power Market
(Offshore Wind Power highlights)
¾ Expansion of the electricity infrastructure to
support increased use of renewable energy
¾ New capacity must be cost-ettective and
market-oriented
¾ Ownership unbundling of Transmission System
Operator and Third Party Access
¾ Off-shore: Price is fixed depending on best bid
in public tender for 2 x 200 MW parks (Market
price + variable premium)
¾ Grid companies and TSO are obliged to connect
wind power and expand grid if necessary
¾ The contribution of renewables to electricity
supply may amount up to 80% in 2025
Planning of Offshore Wind Farms
Planningauthority:
Offshore
Wind
Farms
Onshore
Wind
Farms
The
Danish
Energy
Authority
Regional
and local
authorities
A one stop shop –
Streamlining consent procedures
¾ The Danish State has all competence within the 12 NMZ and in the
Danish EEZ
¾ Delegation to the DEA of juridical authority from the minister of
Transport and Energy
¾ Pre-investigation and exploitation of energy at sea
¾ Construction of electricity production plants and grid-connections
at sea
¾ Off-shore wind-power plants is thus consented and approved by the
Danish Energy Authority in co-operation with other authorities – A one
stop shop procedure
¾ Terms:
¾ In pursuance of the electricity act
¾ In pursuance of legislation from other authorities
¾ On the cause of EIA suggestions and objections
Consent procedures of the two new
200 MW Offshore Wind Farms
Political
decision
Licence to produce
electricity
Construction
consent with
conditions
Tender for
offshore wind
farm
Concession is
granted to the
successful tender
Licence to
preinvestigate sites
Environmental
Impact
Assessment
Characteristics for the Danish tenders
¾ Broad political agreement from 2004 to support
the expansion of 400 MW offshore wind capacity
¾ Political decision to carry out an EU tender with a
negotiation procedure
¾ Screening procedure
¾ Simple and few regulatory instruments
¾ Close co-operation with the System Operator
¾ Close co-operation with relevant authorities
¾ Locations has been decided to be Horns Rev 2 in
the North Sea and Rødsand 2 in the Baltic Sea near the existing demonstration wind farms
¾ An Environmental Impact Assessment will in
turn have to be undertaken
Aim to bring down financial risk
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Cheapest, fastest and most beautiful wind farm
Screening to mature site suitability
Fixed price in 50.000 full load hours
TSO to finance, construct and operate
transformer station and sea cable
Security that grid connection is available in due
time
Financial compensation if the power produced is
curtailed
Contractual agreements – adjustment in tender
conditions
One stop shop communication
Future Offshore Wind Power
¾ Update of the “The Offshore Windturbine
Action Plan for Danish Waters” from 1997
¾ The main issues are:
¾Assessing possibilities for the location of
future offshore wind farms
¾Grid connection
¾Environment, shipping and other
public interests
¾Assessing possibilities for the location of
research wind turbines
Preliminary conclusions from the
Environmental programme
¾ Tendency of public
acceptance
¾ Migrating birds seam
to avoid collision
¾ Seals behaviour
seam not to be
affected
¾ Harbour porpoises
return to the sites
¾ Significant artificial
wreck effect
observed
European Policy on Off-shore Wind Power
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Egmond Declaration (2004)
Copenhagen Strategy (2005)
Berlin (22 February 2007)
The purpose is to identify obstacles to the
development of offshore wind with the
focus on the possibilities for solutions,
approaches and structural co-operation
between parties:
¾ Market Development
¾ Grid access, infrastructure and system
integration
¾ Environment