📋 Tender Overview
ScopeThe Hessel wind farm will have an installed capacity of between 800 MW and 1200 MW and can thus potentially become the largest offshore wind farm in Denmark.Between 800 MW and 1000 MW of the capacity will be used to produce and deliver electricity straight to the national grid. The developers will also have an option to develop up to 200 MW of overplanting capacity.The Hessel wind farm is located north of Sealand in Kattegat in Hessel Bay at a distance of 30 kilometres from Sealand and around 20 kilometres from the Hessel island.This additional capacity can be used to ensure a more continuous flow of electricity to the grid or it can be used in combination with battery storage or power-to-x projects.Fugro is deploying two vessels to carry out a geophysical survey of the 248 km2 area located in Kattegatt 20-30 kilometres north of Sjlland.The campaign is expected to be conducted over the next four to five monthsEnerginet is starting surveys along the two proposed export cable routes with potential landfalls at Gilbjerg Hoved or Kyndby. The decision on the export cable route will be made by the Danish Energy Agency later this yearEnerginet will also carry out environmental studies for the project. The metocean surveys will be conducted over the next year and a half. A geotechnical survey campaign is scheduled to start in the summer of 2021.Hessel was scheduled for commissioning in 2028 but according to the recently approved Climate Action Plan saiHessel will be commissioned in 2027.Denmark plans to start the tendering procedure for the development of the wind farm in 2021 and select the winner in 2022.
