North Sea I, Mid, Offshore Wind Farm

This procurement concerns the establishment of one (1) new large-scale offshore wind farm named "North Sea I, Mid", pursuant to the directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement as implemented into Danish law by the Danish Public Procurement Act, cf. consolidated act no. 116 of 3 February 2025 with later amendments (in Danish: Udbudsloven). The procurement procedure applicable to this procurement constitutes an open procedure, cf. section 56 of the Danish Public Procurement Act. The Concessionaire is granted a right and obligations to utilise the concession area for the establishment and operation of an offshore wind farm with a minimum capacity of 1 GW for the purpose of producing and distributing electricity at the sole risk and expense of the Concessionaire. The concessionaire will be economically supported for the electricity produced from the minimum capacity by a capability based two-way contract for difference (CfD) scheme for a period of 20 years. Connection of North Sea I, Mid Offshore Wind Farm to the Danish transmission grid is voluntary for the concessionaire. The Concession Agreement further enables the Concessionaire to establish overplanting capacity in excess of the required minimum capacity within the concession area. With the sole exception of the capability-based two-way CfD scheme, the Concessionaire bears all commercial risks associated with the establishment, operation and decommissioning of North Sea I, Mid Offshore Wind Farm, including any potential overplanting capacity. The Concessionaire shall not bear the actual cost of the temporary and permanent preventive measures. Such costs will be borne by the Danish Defense. The Concessionaire shall not pay the cost of the offshore preliminary investigations performed by Energinet, cf. section 23 (3) of the Renewable Energy Act (RE Act), statutory order no. 132 of 6 February 2024. Such costs will be borne by the Danish State. Procurement process: eForms udbudsbekendtgørelse - uden prækvalifikation med ESPD