Offshore staff
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has opened the tendering process for Thor, Denmark's largest offshore wind farm.
This will have a capacity of 800-1,000 MW when fully connected to the grid, by 2027 at the latest.
The process initially includes a pre-qualification phase in which the DEA identifies companies with the financial and technical capacity required to take part in the tender. It will be followed by a negotiation phase with pre-qualified bidders that may lead to adjustments to parts of the tender in order to reduce the bid price.
Historically, the DEA added, Danish offshore wind tenders have delivered low prices in international terms.
One new feature this time is the inclusion in the tender of the offshore grid connection, comprising the offshore substation, landing cables and an HV onshore substation, with flexibility over the park’s generating capacity.
This should help bidders optimize the dimensions of export cables and wind farm capacity, making the overall solution as cost-effective as possible.
Deadline for applications for pre-qualification is Dec. 1, 2020, with the final tender deadline anticipated on Nov. 8, 2021.
10/19/2020
