Hammer hovers over gigascale Thor as Denmark draws lots for offshore wind giant
Consortia made up of Iberdrola-Total, SSE-Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Eneco-European Energy, along with Vattenfall, Orsted and RWE, all in running for eagerly-awaited development in North Sea
Development of Denmark’s highly-anticipated 1GW Thor offshore wind farm will be decided by lottery, the Nordic country’s energy authority has announced.
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“More than one bidder has offered to build Thor offshore wind farm with a capacity of 1,000MW at the minimum price of DKr0.10/MWh [$0.015/MWh], and the tender will therefore, in accordance with the tender conditions, be decided by drawing lots,” said the DEA, in a statement.
The lottery, set to take place on 1 December, will be supervised by an independent auditor and the Denmark’s legal advisor, Kammeradvokaten, “in order to ensure that the process is living up to the procurement rules… and with full transparency”, it added.
Thor, located 22km off the coast of Denmark, will be awarded with a “flexibility” of 800MW-1GW, with export cables bundled into the tender.
“The grid connection window opens 1 January 2025, and Thor must be fully established and connected to the grid by the end of 2027 at the latest,” said the DEA.
At full power, Thor will be able supply electricity to around 800,000 households.
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