Denmark´s energy and fibre-optic group Andel and compatriot fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), will form a consortium to cooperate on two tenders for offshore wind farms in Denmark: Hesselø Offshore Wind Farm in Kattegat, north of Zealand, and Kriegers Flak II in the Baltic Sea.
Hesselø Offshore Wind Farm is planned for completion by 2029 and Kriegers Flak II by 2030, while the two parks will have a total minimum installed capacity of 1.8 GW.
The Danish authorities have appointed attractive areas designated for construction of offshore wind farms in the Northsea, Kattegat, and the Baltic Sea through a screening process followed by pre-investigations of the sites.
Earlier this year, a political agreement laid the foundation for the largest Danish build-out of offshore wind historically at 9GW.
The funds managed by CIP focuses on investments in offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, biomass and energy-from-waste, transmission and distribution, reserve capacity, storage, advanced bioenergy, and Power-to-X.
“Hesselø and Kriegers Flak II are very important pieces of the puzzle that is the transition of the Danish energy system. It is of utmost importance that we keep the transition moving, and at Andel and CIP we are ready to do our part of the job,” said Jakob Baruël Poulsen, managing partner at CIP.
Jakob Baruël Poulsen added that “Andel has strong competences in operating electricity supply and trading energy in large volumes both financially and to consumers, so Andel is a partner that complements our competences very well. Our common ambition is to be an important driver in the realisation of the potential for even larger amounts of renewable energy generation in Danish waters.”
