Swedish energy group Vattenfall has won the tender to build Danish Kriegers Flak, a 600 MW offshore wind project in the Baltic Sea, with a bid of €49.9/MWh (among the lowest costs in the world for offshore wind power).
The Kriegers Flak area consists of three parts dedicated for wind power development in Germany, Sweden and Denmark (just won by Vattenfall). The Swedish part of Kriegers Flak has a building permit that expires in 2018. The German part has not yet been tendered. In October 2015, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) prequalified the Kriegers Flag ApS project company (owned by EnBW). Other pre-qualified companies are Kriegers Flak SPV (joint venture of Wpd HOFOR and Stadtwerke München); European Energy Offshore Consortium (owned by European Energy and Boralex); Vattenfall (project company yet to create); Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind I/S (a not yet established company by Statoil and E.ON); ScottishPower Renewable and DONG Energy. Final bids had to be submitted by 8 November 2016. Subject to the approval of the antitrust authorities, the construction and commissioning of the wind park will follow in the period up to 2021. When operational, the project is expected to generate enough power to supply 600,000 average Danish households (23% of total households in the country).
This is the second tender to develop offshore wind project in Denmark won by Siemens, after the tender for the 350 MW Danish Near Shore project, which is pending the Danish Parliament’s decision to proceed.
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