Although the government recently had to look in vain for bidders for three large offshore wind farms in the North Sea, the development of new projects has not completely come to a standstill. The Danish energy developer European Energy has at least received permission from the Danish Energy Agency to build a 240 MW offshore wind farm in Jammerland Bugt south of Kalundborg. There will be 16 offshore wind turbines, each 256 meters high.
- It is a great achievement for our company to receive this establishment permit for Jammerland Bugt. We have been working on this project for about ten years, and we are very pleased that we can now begin the process of developing the park, says Knud Erik Andersen, co-founder and CEO of European Energy.
The park is expected to be commissioned in 2029 and can produce electricity equivalent to the consumption of 240,000 households.
It is a prerequisite for building the park that bats and porpoises are taken into account, including by having the wind turbines stop or rotate slowly after sunset in the summer months.
Open door project
The permit was originally applied for under the so-called open door scheme. The scheme was designed to allow energy developers to apply to build offshore wind farms in locations that had not previously been designated by the state as suitable for offshore wind turbines.
However, it was later assessed that the open door scheme was in conflict with EU rules, and was therefore closed.
Six projects were assessed to comply with EU legislation, and therefore, unlike 27 others, they were able to continue the process towards approval. This is the second time in a few weeks that European Energy has been granted permission for a new Danish offshore wind farm.
At the end of November, the Danish Energy Agency gave the green light to a 165 MW farm to be located in the Little Belt between Als and Funen. This park - which was also exempt from the general stop for open doors scheme - is also expected to come into operation in 2029.
Just as is the case with the Jammerland Bugt park, the energy company Totalenergies will become the majority owner of Lillebælt Syd once it is completed.
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