The Danish Energy Agency has resumed processing the case of the Aflandshage and Frederikshavn offshore wind farms.
The projects were among a group being processed under Denmark’s 20GW open door scheme.
The proceedings were put on hold on 1 February, 2023 to assess whether the permits granted for the renewable energy projects under the scheme were in breach of EU law.
The Ministry of Climate, Energy and Supply has now assessed that the establishment permits, issued by the Danish Energy Agency in autumn 2022, for Aflandshage offshore wind farm and Frederikshavn offshore wind farm, are not in breach of EU law.
The Danish Energy Agency has therefore resumed the case processing of Aflandshage and Frederikshavn offshore wind farm.
At the same time, the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Supply has assessed that permits issued to already established offshore wind farms are also not in breach of EU law.
The Danish Energy Agency will assess the other projects under the open door scheme as soon as possible.
The Danish Energy Agency will continuously communicate to the actors about the further process for the individual cases.