Danish officials are to tighten the regulations surrounding so-called ‘open-door applications’ for offshore wind projects.
The country’s energy agency was directed by government to ensure “greater progress” across 26 existing as well as future applications.
Requirements include a shorter turnaround for receipt of necessary information in relation to applications and a one-year limit for completion of substantial project documentation.
Applicants will be given just three months to decide whether to commit to a project, should a site be granted, with full permit applications necessary within six months.
The rule changes are designed to minimize offshore land grabs and will “reduce uncertainty among residents about whether there will be an offshore wind farm in the local area”.
It is also designed to provide short-term clarity to developers on whether projects have a realistic chance of advancing.
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