Abstract
This document outlines the proposed technical aspects encompassed in the offshore-related development of the Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind Farm (OWF). This includes: wind turbines and foundations, internal site array cables and offshore sub-station platforms. Each technical component will be dealt with, with respect to construction (i.e. installation), operation, maintenance and decommissioning.
Substations and export cable to the shore are owned and installed by Energinet.dk. The current document only contains description of the substations. The wind farm developer/owner has not yet been assigned by the Danish Energy Agency (DEA). Therefore, parts of the technical solution within the wind farm are not finally developed and decided. However, to assess environmental aspects in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) and statement (EIS), which is a prerequisite prior to development and construction, the span of possible solutions in terms of likely minimum and maximum components and corresponding methods of installation are described in the current document. Nevertheless, changes and substitutions of technicalities might occur prior to construction and the EIA will assess impacts from a worst-case scenario.
The document is not a design description for the final wind farm at Kriegers Flak. It is rather a realistic and best guess on how a future concessionaire will design the wind farm. The technical project description thus provides the framework which a concessionaire can navigate within. The EIA will relate to a worst-case scenario within this framework. A future concessionaire may wish to deviate from the worst-case scenario and sometime also from the framework. Whether deviations from the framework can be contained within the EIA permit/authorisation for establishment must be determined individually by the authorities on a case by case basis.