The next big offshore wind farm to be tendered out in Denmark is Thor, which is to be located in the North Sea west of Nissum Fjord, at a distance of min. 20 km from the shore. The new wind farm is named “Thor” after Thorsminde, the nearest village on the shore. The wind farm will have a capacity of min. 800 MW and max. 1.000 MW, and will be connected to the grid between year 2025 and 2027. The Danish Energy Agency will conclude the tendering process with final bids in Q4 2021.
Thor offshore wind farm is the first of three large offshore wind farms to be build in Denmark before 2030. This has been decided in the Energy Agreement from June 2018, which all political parties stood behind.
Read press release (in Danish)
Read fact sheet about Thor offshore wind farm
Time table
The tendering procedure is expected to follow the tentative timetable below:
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Date |
Year |
Action |
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1 October - 16 November |
2020 |
Questions and answers period (prequalification) |
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1 December at 12 noon |
2020 |
Deadline for applying for prequalification |
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14 January |
2021 |
Expected notification of prequalification result |
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Medio January – beginning March |
2021 |
Questions and answers period (initial tender) |
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15 March at 12 noon |
2021 |
Deadline for initial tender |
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Beginning April |
2021 |
The Danish Energy Agency publishes a final memorandum with themes and questions for negotiation |
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7 - 28 April |
2021 |
Negotiation phase |
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1 August |
2021 |
The Danish Energy Agency publishes final tendering materials |
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Beginning August - - end October |
2021 |
Questions and answers period (final tender) |
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8 November at 12 noon |
2021 |
Deadline for final tender |
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3 December |
2021 |
Expected decision regarding the tendering procedure After a 10-day standstill period, the concession agreement is signed |
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News about Thor
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Tender process, tender material, and participation in the tender
Information about the tender process
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Preliminary investigations
Read about the results of the preliminary investigations.
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Environmental assessments
Read about environmental assessments of Thor offshore wind farm.
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Thor Market dialogues
Read about market dialogues held by the DEA and Energinet
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Other relevant background reports
Relevant background reports, which are not covered under the above themes, will be posted here