UPDATED 16:44: After a failed tender round last year, the government and a broad agreement group in the Folketing are trying again: Wind turbines will be erected at sea, as large as the pylons of the Great Belt Bridge, or actually slightly larger.
Three offshore wind farms with a total effect of 3 GW are being tendered, and as something new, it is planned that state aid of up to 55.2 billion DKK can be given.
- With the three farms, we expect that we can cover Denmark's own need for green electricity for several years into the future, says Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities Lars Aagaard (M) at the presentation of the agreement on offshore wind.
When they last invited people to a historically large tender for offshore wind of six GW, no one wanted to participate. It was simply not a good enough deal. Investors could not see that the yield was sufficient.
There was a need for government support and guarantees, which the Minister for Climate Change has also previously floated the possibility of.
Bidders must compete on price
The government wants companies to compete on one parameter in particular: price. The agreement states that the company that can offer the state the lowest costs will win.
This approach has been used before, until the premise was changed and the state was supposed to receive income from offshore wind. It failed, and now the wind turbine companies are back to competing to ensure the state has the lowest costs.
- The state is taking a risk in the project, says Lars Aagaard.
The contracting parties have prioritized 27.6 billion kroner in state support, while it is expected that companies will invest 57 billion kroner in the project.
- It is only when the tender is over that we will know the actual support need, says the climate minister.
The plan is to erect 150 offshore turbines, which will be up to 280 meters high, when you include the blades. The pylons of the Great Belt Bridge are 254 meters high.
- We expect the first wind turbines to be spinning in 2032, says Lars Aagaard.
Two offshore wind farms will be located in the North Sea, and one will be located at Hesselø in Kattegat. The tenders for all three parks will open in autumn 2025. Nordsøen Midt and Hesselø are expected to have a tender deadline in spring 2026, and Nordsøen Syd is expected to have a tender deadline in autumn 2027.
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