Open-door wind power project dropped

The government is closing the so-called open-door scheme, the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities writes in a press release. The open-door scheme – subsidised offshore wind – is a model under which companies can apply for offshore areas free of charge. In return, they have to bear all costs for the development and construction of the project. In the Danish energy industry, it was received with shock when the authorities put the open-door scheme on hold on February 6, 2023. The Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities, Lars Aagaard, had otherwise hoped that the scheme could continue with some adjustments so that it complied with EU rules on state aid. “We have pressure tested all options for adjusting the open-door scheme so that it could contribute to ensuring more green power quickly and by 2030,” says Aagaard. According to the ministry, it has not proved possible to adjust the open-door scheme within the framework of EU regulation in a way that would result in a faster offshore wind build-out. /ritzau/