The Danish Energy Agency has invited potential bidders for the construction of the Thor offshore wind project that will be built between 2024 and 2027 on the country’s west coast in the North Sea. The Thor offshore wind park (around 800 MW) is the first of three new offshore wind projects to be built before 2030, in line with the Energy Agreement of 2018. A technical dialogue will be held in May 2019 in order to discuss the breadth and depth of feasibility studies of the project and the proper tender will be held later in 2019. Final bids are expecetd in 2021, and the construction of the wind farm is scheduled for 2024-2027. The offshore wind project could be subsidy-free and built without public support, set aside the connection costs.
Denmark currently has several offshore wind projects either in construction or approved, namely 407 MW Horns Rev 3, 605 MW Kriegers Flak, 180 MW Vesterhav Syd and 170 MW Vesterhav Nord, all expected to be commissioned between mid-2019 and 2021. With the development of Thor and the two other 800 MW projects, the country is on its way to fully cover its electricity consumption and up to 50% of its energy needs with renewable energy by 2030 and completely phase out fossil fuels by 2050.
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