Danish officials have delayed the tender process for the country’s 350MW nearshore wind round following environmental concerns with one of the zones on offer.
The government pushed back the deadline for binding bids until 4 May in order to allow more time to study potential impacts on what in Danish are called “black ducks” at the Sejerobugt site.
“Experts have come to the conclusion that it can not be excluded that there may be an effect of the offshore wind farm on the nearby bird sanctuary,” said the Danish Energy Agency. A third party assessment of environmental impact work will now be carried out.
Three bidders have pre-qualified for the nearshore round. These include the WPD Hofor joint venture, Vattenfall and a consortium led by Danish developer European Energy.
The nearshore round covers six different areas for individual projects of up to 200MW, except off Bornholm where bids are limited to 50MW. Price is the only bidding criteria with projects due online in 2020.
Image: the Rodsand wind farm off Denmark (Eon)
