The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) invites potential tenderers and relevant economic operators to participate in the market dialogue regarding the procurement procedures of 3 GW Offshore Wind Farms – Denmark. The draft procurement material of the upcoming procurement procedures of 3 GW Offshore Wind Farms is largely based upon the procurement material of the procurement procedures of 6 GW Offshore Wind Farms, where the three (3) North Sea I areas received no bids in December 2024. Since December thorough new analyses have been made based upon dialogues with the market in December 2024 and January 2025 to support the political decision to determine which changes could be made to the procurement procedures to ensure market participation in a potential retender. Pursuant to the political agreement about the retender, dated 19. May 2025, the original procurement procedures have been amended to reflect changes, i.e. to the amount of sites tendered out simultaneously and the timeline, both regarding the procurement process and the construction process of the offshore wind farm, the minimum requirements for eligibility, the payment structure, constituting subsidy through a capability-based Contract for Difference (CfD), and the sanction regime.Pursuant to the political agreement about the retender, dated 19. May 2025, the original procurement procedures have been amended to reflect changes, i.e. for example to the amount of sites tendered out simultaneously and the timeline, both regarding the procurement process and the construction process of the offshore wind farm, the minimum requirements for eligibility, the payment structure, constituting subsidy through a capability-based Contract for Difference (CfD), and the sanction regime. The market dialogue will be initiated in two steps. The first step concerns a report regarding the proposed method for collecting relevant data and estimating potential production in a capability-based two-way Contract for Difference (CfD) scheme, which will apply in the new procurement procedures of 3 GW Offshore Wind Farms. The report is accompanied by a questionnaire for the participants in the market dialogue. Both the report and the questionnaire will be published by the DEA in EU-Supply, simultaneously with the initiation of the market dialogue. The second step of the market dialogue concerns the draft procurement material as a whole, and it will be initiated by the DEA through the "Messages"-module in EU Supply. The second step of the market dialogue will be conducted expectedly during June/July-August. When the second step of the market dialogue is initiated, the DEA expects to publish all documents of the procurement material. However, if deemed necessary by the DEA, the DEA reserves the right to publish specific documents of the procurement material after the second step of the market dialogue is initiated. All new material published through EU-Supply will be announced to all participants through the "Messages"-module as they are published. Potential tenderers and relevant economic operators who wish to participate in the market dialogue should hence sign up in EU-Supply. Participation in both or either steps of the market dialogue is not a prerequisite for participation in the market dialogue as a whole and potential tenderers and relevant economic operators are therefore welcome to provide input only to the initially published material regarding the proposed method for collecting relevant data and estimating potential production in a capability-based two-way CfD or to the subsequent draft procurement material or to both sets of material. A public consultation regarding certain State aid law aspects will be conducted simultaneously with the second step of the market dialogue, and will also be conducted through EU-Supply. For further information regarding the procedure of the market dialogue, reference is made to the descriptions under section "Additional information" in the category "Further Information".
