This web page will be updated with information on the coming technology neutral tenders. Read more about the political climate agreement (In Danish). 

The final tender material will be published in English and Danish. Please feel free to contact us for any questions.

26 October 2021

The tender has now been completed

The Danish Energy Agency has not received any bids in the technology neutral tender round for 2021.

23 August 2021

The Danish Energy Agency calls for bids in the upcoming technology neutral tender scheme

Today, the Danish Energy Agency has opened the technology neutral tender of aid for electricity generated by onshore wind turbines, open door offshore wind turbines, wave power plants, hydroelectric power plants and solar PV installations. The deadline for bids is 22 October 2021. All tender material and question/answers during the tendering period can be found at the tender portal

28 June 2021

Updated draft of tender conditions, draft of contract and tentative time schedule for the technology neutral tender 2021

A single technology neutral tender will be held in 2021 combining the allocated funds for 2020 and 2021. The technology neutral tender in 2021 will have an overall cap of DKK 1.2 billion (2020 prices) on aid payments from the state to the winning tenderer(s) and a capacity limit of approx. 428 MW (onshore wind equivalent).

It is expected that the call for bids in the forthcoming technology neutral tender will be announced on 23 august 2021 with a deadline for bids on 22 October 2021. Please note, that the time schedule is not final, and can therefore be subject to change. Once bids are called for, the final tender material can be found at the tender portal together with and any questions asked during the tendering period and answers to these from the Danish Energy Agency.

See updated draft of tender conditions, draft of contract and draft of appendices

13 July 2020

Invitation to comment on draft conditions of the technology neutral tender in 2020

The Danish Energy Agency invites interested parties to submit written comments and questions regarding the draft conditions of the tender for the technology neutral tender in 2020.

Read the draft conditions of the technology neutral tender in 2020 

Read the guidance on the hybrid CfD and award criterion

The final tender documents will include the conditions of tender and related documents (contract template, template for bids etc.).

Any comments and questions to the draft tender conditions must be sent to Jonas K. Sekamane (jsks@ens.dk) and vindogsoludbud@ens.dk no later than Wednesday 26 August 2020 10 am.

The Danish Energy Agency will publish comments, questions and answers at www.ens.dk/vindogsoludbud

Contacts:

Advisor Jonas K. Sekamane, +45 33 92 66 83, jsks@ens.dk

Legal Advisor Gudny Sjøfn Olafsdottir, +45 33 92 78 39 gsno@ens.dk

Advisor Emil Axelsen, +45 33 92 77 01, eax@ens.dk

 

6 December 2019

The tender has now been decided upon

The Danish Energy Agency has received in total 7 bids with projects of 135 MW onshore wind turbines and 136 MW solar PV installations (DC capacity). In total, it is expected that 7 contracts will be signed including 2 contracts with 72 MW onshore turbines, 2 contracts with 97 MW onshore turbines and solar PV installations and 3 contracts with 83 MW solar PV installations. This corresponds to 181 MW onshore wind equivalents or the electricity consumption of approx. 154,000 Danish households. The weighted average price premium of the winning bids is 1.54 øre per kWh or approx. 0.21 Eurocent per kWh.

Please see this fact sheet for more information.

27 September 2019

The Danish Energy Agency calls for bids in the technology neutral tender scheme 2019

Today, the Danish Energy Agency has opened the tender scheme concerning a price premium for onshore wind, solar PV and open-door offshore wind. The deadline for bids is 27 November 2019. All tender material and question/answers during the tendering period can be found at the tender portal 

6 May 2019

Invitation to comment on a Danish technology neutral tender for wind and solar PV in 2019

The Danish Energy Agency (the DEA) invites comments and questions on the draft conditions for the technology neutral tender of price premiums for electricity from wind and solar PV in 2019.

The draft conditions for the technology neutral tender can be read here:

Tender conditions for technology neutral tender 2019

Two minor changes have been made to the draft conditions 2019 compared to the draft conditions 2018. The changes are marked with track changes.

The final conditions for the tendering procedure combined with the related documents (contract template, template for bids etc.) will make up the final tender documents which will apply when the tender is launched.

Comments and questions to the draft conditions for the tender should be sent to Sobia Waheed (sow@ens.dk) and vindogsoludbud@ens.dk by no later than Wednesday 19 June 2019 at 10 a.m.

Questions, comments and the DEA’s answers will be published here on the website.

 

Contacts

Legal Advisor Sobia Waheed, +45 33 92 66 36, sow@ens.dk

Advisor Emil Axelsen, +45 33 92 77 01, eax@ens.dk

 

8 January 2019

The Danish Energy Agency has signed price premium contracts

The Danish Energy Agency signed price premium contracts with all 6 winning tenderers in December 2018.

5 December 2018

The marginal tenderer

The marginal tenderer has accepted to downscale his project to a size corresponding to the remaining budget of almost DKK 8 million.

Please see the updated fact sheet for more information.

Updated fact sheet on the result of the technology neutral tender 2018

3 December 2018

The tender has now been decided upon

The Danish Energy Agency has received in total 17 bids with projects of approx. 260 MW onshore wind turbines and approx. 280 MW solar PV installations. In total it is expected that 6 contracts will be concluded including 3 contracts with approx. 165 MW onshore turbines and 3 contracts with approx. 104 MW solar PV installations. This corresponds to approx. 200 MW onshore wind equivalents or the electricity consumption on approx. 160,000 Danish households. The weighted average price premium of the winning bids is 2.28 øre per kWh or approx. 0.31 Eurocent per kWh.

Please see the fact sheet for more information:

Fact sheet on the result of the technology neutral tender 2018

September 27 2018

The Danish Energy Agency calls for bids in the technology neutral tender scheme 2018

Today, the Danish Energy Agency has opened the tender scheme concerning a price premium for onshore wind, solar PV and open-door offshore wind. The deadline for bids is November 26 2018. All tender material and question/answers during the tendering period can be found at the tender portal. 

Practical guide to the tender portal: Once at the tender portal, you have to click the button saying “Opret ny bruger” meaning create new user. Once logged in, all the tender documents are available by clicking the tab saying “ Offentligt udbudsmateriale”, meaning public tender material.

September 13 2018

Expected time frame for the technology neutral tender 2018

The Danish Energy Agency expects to call for bids in the technology neutral tender 2018 during September. Once bids are called for, tender material and questions/answers during the tendering period can be found at the tender portal.

May 2, 2018

Please see the Danish site for the latest draft of the tender conditions. Unfortunately it is currently only available in Danish.

March 23, 2018

Tentative time frame for the technology neutral tenders

It is expected that the call for bids for the first technology neutral tender will be announced in September 2018 with deadline for bids in November 2018. It is expected that the tender budget in 2018 will be DKK 250 million (2017 prices) in 2018 and DKK 579 million (2017 prices) in 2019.

Please note, that time frames and tender budgets are not final, and therefore subject to change. The time frame for the technology neutral tender in 2019 is not yet specified.

December 20, 2017

Invitation for consultation on a Danish technology neutral tender for wind and solar PV in 2018

The Danish Energy Agency invites comments and questions on the draft conditions for the technology neutral tenders of price premiums for electricity from wind and solar PV in 2018.

The final conditions for the tendering procedure combined with the related documents (contract template, template for bids etc.) will make up the final tender documents which will apply when the tenders are launched.

Comments and questions to the draft conditions for the tender should be sent to Sobia Waheed (sow@ens.dk) and vindogsoludbud@ens.dk by no later than Monday 29 January 2018 at 10 a.m. Questions, comments and answers will be published here on the website.

Read the draft tender conditions 

Contact

Rasmus Zink Sørensen, email: rzs@ens.dk

Sobia Waheed, email: sow@ens.dk

Emil Axelsen, email; eax@ens.dk

Katrine Pilmark Elkjær, email: kfe@ens.dk

Stine Roland Knudsen, email: srk@ens.dk