The Danish Energy Agency has published a new comprehensive mapping of areas for offshore wind in Denmark, which is intended to make it easier and faster to plan future offshore wind farms. The screening collects detailed data on environmental conditions, geology and other land interests across the entire Danish sea area. The agency states this in a press release.
The mapping has been prepared in collaboration with NIRAS A/S, Aarhus University, DTU Vind, GEUS and DTU Aqua and points to the sea areas where the fewest conflicts are expected with, among other things, bird life, porpoises and fisheries. At the same time, the analysis reveals possible cumulative effects of a large-scale expansion of offshore wind on wind and weather conditions as well as derived effects on marine ecosystems.
- I am very pleased that we now have a new digital planning tool that reduces the risk of surprises and obstacles that can complicate or delay the installation of offshore wind. This improves the possibilities for well-planned planning of offshore wind projects and creates a basis for a smoother, faster and cheaper expansion of future offshore wind farms, says Stig Uffe Pedersen, acting director of the Danish Energy Agency.
According to the agency, the digital tool makes it possible to identify areas where special considerations are needed early on, so as to avoid significant and inappropriate surprises that could increase the cost or difficulty of installing offshore wind in future tender areas. The mapping does not contain economic analyses of, for example, costs or the socio-economics.
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