- Orsted seeks to partner in plans for a green hydrogen facility in western Denmark.
- By partnering with Skovgaard Energy on the Idomlund project, Orsted is entering one of the most strategically advantageous projects.
Orsted seeks to partner in plans for a green hydrogen facility in western Denmark. In addition, it intends to grow into 3GW of electrolysis capacity. This will be by tapping into the massive future offshore wind capacity in its home waters off Denmark. Orsted has signed a letter of intent with Danish renewables developer Skovgaard Energy for the ‘power-to-x’ facility in Idomlund, western Denmark, described by the partners as “an optimal strategic location enabling significant scaling of the project”.
The initial phase of the planned project would be about 150MW of electrolysis powered by onshore wind and solar. However, significant prospects lie offshore. Denmark’s policies are a pointer to its ambition of becoming the European “green powerhouse” to push the nation to 12.9GW of offshore wind by 2030. It has plans for some of the world’s first ‘energy islands’ linking wind at sea with hydrogen and other green fuels.
Orsted has set out its plans to be a part of the ambitious actors on the projects, including an alliance with compatriot Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to advance 5GW of subsidy-free offshore wind in the Danish North Sea and Baltic. Anders Nordstrøm, chief operating officer of Orsted P2X, said: “Few countries have as strong a potential to become a green energy exporter as Denmark due to its abundant and low-cost offshore wind resources, which are supplemented by onshore wind and solar PV. By partnering with Skovgaard Energy on the Idomlund project, Orsted is entering one of the most strategically advantageous projects to leverage the strong fit between large-scale renewable energy and power-to-x.”