South Korea Offshore Wind Progress, 3 GW Danish Offshore

South Korea's Jeonnam 1 Wind Farm enters commercial operation,
Norway launches its first floating wind tender, Denmark announces 3
GW of offshore wind possibility, and The Netherlands delays
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show? Email us! Allen Hall: Leading off the week, Norway
has launched the first part of its long awaited, inaugural floating
wind tender, offering subsidies to the winners. Bidders will be
awarded rights to develop commercial projects of up to 500
megawatts in capacity at the Utsira Nord site off the country's
southwest coast. The winners will have two years to mature the
projects before competing in an auction for subsidies in 2028 to
2029 to be provided as a direct grant. Norway's Energy Minister
said Utsira Nord is an important first step in the development of
commercial floating offshore wind development on the Norwegian
continental shelf. Norway has agreed to cap subsidies for Utsira
Nord at 35 billion Norwegian crowns equal to
about [00:01:00] $3.7 billion. Over in Denmark, Denmark
has announced the launch of offshore wind tenders with a capacity
of three gigawatts, enough to power approximately 3 million homes.
According to the Danish Energy Ministry, the tenders set to open in
autumn of this year, we'll cover two areas in the North Sea. One in
the water separating Denmark and Sweden. The initiative comes with
the potential subsidy of up to 55.2 billion Danish crowns equal to
about $8.32 billion over a span of 20 years. Last year, Denmark
halted its ongoing offshore wind tenders to reevaluate its subsidy
model after failing to attract any bids and what was supposed to be
its largest offshore wind auction. The Danish Energy Ministry
clarified that bid prices and electricity price developments will
dictate whether further subsidies are necessary or if the state
might even generate revenue from the projects. And in the
Netherlands, the Dutch government has [00:02:00] delayed
tendering for two offshore wind sites. Uh, companies were scheduled
to compete for three permits in October this year for construction
and operation of new wind farms in the North Sea. However, two of
the sites will now be tendered later, just one site. Nederwiek 1-A
has been designated for the next offshore wind tunnel with the
capacity of about one gigawatt. For the Nederwiek 1 Wind Farm, the
tender criteria have been adjusted to improve the business case for
offshore wind. The Ministry of Climate and Green Growth said it is
taking these measures to make the upcoming tender round more
attractive and to allow the construction of offshore wind farms to
proceed at a realistic pace. The Nederwiek 1-A wind farm will
supply about three and a 5% of Dutch electricity consumption once
completed. And in South Korea, south Korea's, Jeonnam 1 Wind Farm
has officially entered commercial operation. The 96 megawatt
project is owned by a joint venture between Copenhagen
Infrastructure Partners and SK
Innovations [00:03:00] ENS, the installation of 10
Siemens ga MEA 10 megawatt Direct Drive turbines was completed in
December of last year. Commissioning followed earlier this year.
Copenhagen Offshore Partners, the exclusive offshore wind
development partner to CIP Co-LED project development activities
for Jeonnam 1 on behalf of the project owners. This project Mercks
the first large scale offshore wind project in Korea led by the
private sector. That's this week's top. News stories. Stay tuned
for the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast tomorrow.