Denmark’s Energy Complaints Board has ruled against the Danish Energy Agency’s rejection of European Energy’s “open door” offshore wind projects.
The Danish developer’s five open door projects will be re-examined by the Danish Energy Agency following a decision by the Danish Energy Board.
A further seven projects have also been successful.
“We are very pleased that the Energy Board of Appeal has agreed with us that the Energy Agency’s rejection of our open-door applications was not in accordance with the law.
“We now have the Energy Board of Appeal’s word that the Energy Agency should have conducted a specific assessment of our open door projects.
“The Energy Board of Appeal has now annulled the Energy Agency’s rejection and sent the case back for re-evaluation, and we look forward to the final outcome of this,” said Andreas Karhula Lauridsen, head of offshore wind at European Energy.
He added: “We look forward to the Energy Agency’s specific assessment of our open door projects.
“We have developed the projects in close cooperation and dialogue with a number of municipalities, which see great potential in using their local offshore wind resources to support local green growth.
“We are pleased to announce today that our joint projects will now be realistically assessed based on the local conditions.”