Offshore staff
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has approved a feasibility study for a planned 1-GW offshore wind farm that would be Denmark's largest to date.
The environmental impact report for the Thor development offshore Thorsminde fulfils statutory requirements for content, the DEA added, and cannot be rejected on the present basis that an offshore wind farm can be erected in the area.
It should be fully established and connected to the grid by the end of 2027.
Under the Energy Agreement 2018, all parties in the Danish Parliament approved the addition of three new offshore wind farms in the nation’s waters by 2030, with the first to be located in the North Sea offshore Nissum Fjord.
It is named Thor after Thorsminde, the nearest landmark. It will comprise 72 offshore wind turbines, a transformer platform and associated submarine cables across a 286-sq-km area.
The turbines will be 22 km from the west coast of Jutland.
Developer Thor Wind Farm I/S, owned by RWE AG, must now apply for an establishment permit. An eight-week public consultation process will then begin, likely in early April.
