RWE has signed a grid connection agreement with the Danish transmission system operator Energinet for the 1GW Thor offshore wind farm.
The agreement regulates the technical set-up, the power quality and the cooperation between RWE and Energinet, at the point of connection in Volder Mark.
Thor will be Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm to date and will be built off the Danish west coast approximately 22km from the port of Thorsminde.
To connect the offshore wind farm to the grid, Energinet will construct a new 220kV station as part of the 220/400kV conversion of the existing 400kV station in Idomlund.
From there, 28km of cables will be laid underground to connect to a new 220kV station to be constructed at Volder Mark, which is located 4km from the coastline.
At Volder Mark the electricity generated by the offshore wind farm will be delivered to the grid.
Thor is slated to be online in 2027.
As part of new offshore wind policy in Denmark, developer RWE will construct and pay for the entire offshore electrical high voltage system up to POC, and also pay for the onshore grid connection.
This is regulated by a concession agreement signed with the Danish Energy Agency in January.