The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities has requested Energinet to expand the current feasibility study areas at the Bornholm Energy Island site in the Baltic Sea, which could allow for installing 1 GW of offshore wind capacity more and also be the new place where the Hesselø project could be built.
The new Bornholm Energy Island project borders, stretching 15 kilometres offshore , could accommodate 3 GW instead of 2 GW of offshore wind capacity set out in the Climate Agreement from June 2020. Expanding offshore wind areas at Bornholm to accommodate more than 2 GW will require a new political decision.