1. Danish Offshore Wind Experience
Anne Højer Simonsen
Deputy Director General
Danish Energy Agency
Ministry of Climate and Energy

2. Advantages of Wind Power
• Security of supply
• Alleviation of
energy imports
• Environment
• climate change
mitigation
• conservation of
biodiversity
• Export options
• New jobs

3. 16 years of experience offshore
• First Danish offshore wind
farm 1991
• Strategic mapping 1995
• Capacity now 423 MW.
(3100 MW incl. onshore)
• Strategic assessment for
future location of 5200 MW
offshore wind power
• 2 x 200 MW being built to go
on-line in 2009 and 2011.
The projects are on track
• 2011 app. 850 MW offshore

4. Wind Power Production
National average
at normal wind conditions 20% of
electricity demand
National average
2006 - 17%
National average
January 2007 - 36%
Western Denmark
January 2007 - 41%

5. Challenge: To Feed the Grid with Wind Power
(Western Denmark as an example)

6. Key Instruments to promote RE
Historic perspective
Public support to research, development and
demonstration of RE-technologies
Investment grants for standardized RE-equipment
Favourable prices for electricity fed into the public
grid
A suitable legislative and planning framework -
supporting the local initiative
Agreements between the Government and the
utilities: Wind power programmes and biomass
agreement

7. Large scale integration
• Denmark has very strong interconnectors
to neighbouring countries
• Nord Pool is a level playing field
• Short gate closure times to allow trades
close to real time
• Further integration is possible
• Storage and demand side management
could serve as future options
• EU: cross border solutions

8. Decoupling of economic growth
and energy consumption
160
140
120 Primary Energy
Index
GDP
Intensity
100
80
60
1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004

9. Tendering
Aim to bring down financial risk
• Screening for site suitability
• Tender: Fixed price in 10-12 years
• TSO to finance, construct and operate transformer
station and sea cable
• TSO obliged to connect wind power and strengthen
grid if necessary
• Security that grid connection is available in due time
• Financial compensation if the power produced is
curtailed
• One stop shop communication

10. Support scheme for offshore
• Tender – Cheapest, fastest and most
beautiful
• Fixed price in 50.000 full load hours
• = 10-15 years of production
• Low bids:
• Horns Rev 2 = € cent 6,7 per kWh
• Rødsand 2 = € cent 8,3 per kWh

11. Preparing for the future 2025
• 26 sites of 200 MW
identified
• 5200 MW
• Equivalent to 8 % of
total demand or 50%
of electricity demand
• Consultation answers
is taken into account
• A sensitivity analysis
is too be conducted
and used in the
decision-making
process for the actual
site selection

12. Conclusions from the Environmental
programme
• Public acceptance
• Migrating birds avoid
collision
• Seals behaviour not
affected
• Harbour porpoises
return to the sites
• Significant artificial
wreck effect
observed

13. New site: Djursland-Anholt

14. In conclusion
• Large scale integration possible
• A doubling of offshore capacity on track
for 2009-2011
• Tender procedure combined with TSO-grid
financing and one stop shop brings down
financial risks
• Future locations identified
• Environment no problem if sites are
planned properly
• One-stop-shop approval procedure

15. Thank you for your attention
Figures and further
information available from
www.ens.dk/wind