Market information offshore wind Denmark
Denmark was a pioneer in onshore and offshore wind. The world’s first offshore wind Vindeby farm was installed 30 years ago. One of the world largest wind turbine producer Vestas Wind Systems A/S and one of the world’s top developers Ørsted A/S are coming from Denmark. At the same time, the Danish value chain covers a wide range of technologies and services aimed at all phases of the offshore wind energy projects. Many offshore wind farms around the world have Danish involvement within project development production, installation, operation and maintenance.
Denmark is a global hub for wind energy innovation and development, and the Danish industry employs more than 33,000 people. The availability of a highly skilled workforce, superb facilities for testing prototypes and comprehensive network of companies, research institutions and government research programs make up an innovative R&D environment like nowhere else in the world. All parts of wind turbines from nacelles and blades to full-scale, almost market-ready turbines, can be tested in Denmark. Therefore, companies from all over the world have located central parts of their R&D operations in Denmark.
In 2020 onshore and offshore wind turbines provided 48% of Denmark’s electricity consumption, and Denmark continues the efforts to reach the goal of nationwide carbon neutrality by 2050.
In 2020 Denmark has 1699 MW of installed offshore capacity.
Source: DEA
600 MW Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm, when it is finished (before end of 2021), will be Denmark’s largest, producing electricity equivalent to approx. 600,000 households. Kriegers Flak is a unique project located at relatively low depths in the waters between Denmark and Germany. Upon completion, these two countries will have created the world’s largest offshore electricity grid, which will show other countries how to integrate wind energy in more than one market.
Besides established offshore wind parks the Danish government has committed to install three large-scale offshore wind farms totaling 2400 MW before 2030. At the same time, the Danish government will dramatically scale up the production of sustainable energy via offshore wind farms and has unveiled a new climate package, that aims to cut the country’s emission by 70% by 2030. The package includes the world’s first creation of artificial energy islands.
Source: COWI/DEA
The two energy islands – the natural island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and an artificial island in the North Sea – will have a total offshore wind power capacity of 5 GW. The islands could therefore triple Denmark’s offshore wind capacity. The artificial North Sea island even has the potential to expand to 10 GW in the long run.
