The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) is consulting on the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of the plan for offshore wind farms (OWF) in the areas Nordsøen 2, Kattegat 2 and Kriegers Flak 2.
The signatory parties of the Climate Agreement on green electricity and heat of 25 June 2022 have decided that a minimum of 4GW offshore wind capacity has to be tendered for construction before the end of 2030.
Furthermore, it was decided with the Danish Financial Act of 2022 that further 2GW OWFs should be tendered before the end of 2030.
It has been decided afterwards with a supplementary agreement regarding Energy Island Bornholm, that one of the 2GW should be part of the Energy Island Bornholm, which capacity was expanded from 2 to 3GW.
The final locations of the OWFs are awaiting a final political decision.
However, in order to ensure that the OWFs can be fully constructed before the end of 2030, the DEA is initiating planning, environmental assessments and preliminary investigations of a number of areas, which have been assessed as suitable for the establishment of OWFs.
On this basis, the DEA carries out Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) for Nordsøen I, Kattegat II and Kriegers Flak II.
The DEA invites the public, companies, authorities and other interested in the coming OWFs in the areas of Nordsøen I, Kattegat II and Kriegers Flak II to submit ideas for the SEA of the plan.
The public hearings of the SEAs for Nordsøen I, Kattegat II and Kriegers Flak II are early public consultations in the scoping phase, which runs from the 6 March to 31 March 2023.
Based on the ideas and inputs received during the consultation, the DEA will decide what topics and environmental impacts to be included in the SEA for the OWFs in Nordsøen I, Kattegat II and Kriegers Flak II.
The results of the SEA will be published and subject to a public consultation, which is expected to take place in the first half of 2024.
In addition to the SEA, an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the specific onshore and offshore projects will be carried out before the concessionaire can be granted a construction licence.