The government is allocating over DKK 300 million to connect Bornholm's electricity grid to Energiø Bornholm.
The government has decided to allocate up to 330 million DKK to connect Bornholm's electricity grid to the upcoming Bornholm Energy Island. This was announced by Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities Lars Aagaard in a post on his LinkedIn profile.
Today, Bornholm receives electricity via a single submarine cable to Sweden, which has made the electricity supply vulnerable. This became clear in 2022, when the cable was damaged, and the island had to make do with local electricity production for a period. At the same time, the cable is worn out and is scheduled to be replaced around 2035.
By connecting Bornholm's electricity grid to Bornholm Energy Island, the island will instead be connected to both Zealand and Germany via the energy island. Furthermore, the minister informs Bornholmstidende that the solution of connecting Bornholm's electricity grid to the energy island will be up to a billion cheaper than a new cable to Sweden.
However, the solution of connecting to the energy island will not be cheap for the people of Bornholm, because as the rules are today, it would be the local electricity grid company that would have to pay the approximately 330 million DKK for the connection to the energy island, while a new electricity cable to Sweden would have to be covered by the common treasury of all of Denmark. That will now also be the bill for the connection to the energy island. And there are several advantages to this, believes Lars Aagaard.
"We strengthen Bornholm's security of supply when the island in the future gets cables to both Zealand and Germany. We ensure green electricity from the Energy Island directly to Bornholm for the benefit of the citizens and Bornholm businesses. We ensure the cheapest solution overall for the Danes," writes the minister in the post on LinkedIn.
The connection also means that Bornholm can handle greater electricity consumption in the future, which may have an impact on the island's opportunities for business development and preparation for a more electricity-based energy system.
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