The Danish Energy Agency is competent authority for DK offshore
wind power projects. Besides approval of new projects, continuous
work is carried out on environmental impacts and future
locations.
The Danish Energy Agency
is competent authority for Danish offshore wind power projects.
Denmark is the country in the world with the longest experience in
the area, establishing the first farm in 1991, and a significant
amount of installed capacity. Aside from monitoring the wind farms
already in place and approving new projects, the DEA is engaged in
the continuous work in assessment of environmental impacts and
future locations for offshore wind farms.
Danish
offshore wind farms
The following
figure outlines the offshore wind farms in Denmark along with
information concerning the separate plants including the number of
wind turbines, the nominal capacity and the year of
commissioning for the plant:
Current parks
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1. Vindeby (1991)
|
11 turbines, 5 MW
|
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2. Tunø Knob (1995)
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10 turbines, 5 MW
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3. Middelgrunden (2000)
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20 turbines, 40 MW
|
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4. Horns Rev I (2002)
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80 turbines, 160 MW
|
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5. Rønland (2003)
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8 turbines, 17 MW
|
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6. Nysted (2003)
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72 turbines, 165 MW
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7. Samsø (2003)
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10 turbines, 23 MW
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8. Frederikshavn (2003)
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3 turbines, 7 MW
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| 9. Horns Rev II (2009) |
91 turbines, 209 MW |
| 10. Avedøre Holme (2009/10) |
3 turbines, 10-13 MW |
| 11. Sprogø (2009) |
7 turbines, 21 MW |
| 12. Rødsand II (2010) |
90 turbines, 207 MW |
Planned offshore wind parks
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13. Anholt (2012)
|
400 MW
|
| 14. Frederikshavn |
6 demonstration mills |
Approval of
offshore wind farms
The Danish Energy Agency
is the ”one-stop-shop” for permits to offshore wind turbines in the
way that the DEA coordinates with other relevant authorities with
regard to their interests and conditions.
Read more about permit procedures here
Environmental impacts
Offshore Wind farms
are an attractive source of renewable energy, but they also impact
their natural surroundings and it is essential to ensure that
conditions in unique marine areas are not detrimentally
affected. Spatial planning when identifying potential locations for
offshore wind farms – taking into account grid connection routes
and other areas of interests – must ensure that future offshore
wind farms are established in suitable areas in such a way that
substantial adverse environmental impacts can be avoided or
diminished.
Read more about environmental programs and EIAs
for specific projects here