DENMARK

OCEAN ENERGY POLICY

NATIONAL STRATEGY AND TARGETS
During 2014, the Danish Partnership for Wave Power worked on a roadmap project concerning prioritization of future research and demonstration activities. The roadmap will be published during the spring of 2015 and was supported by the Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme (EUDP) - €200.000.

LEGISLATION AND REGULATORY ISSUES  In relation to the development of DanWEC as a green lab and test site for wave energy converters, a dialogue concerning the use of the sea has taken place with the authorities. Shipping lanes close to shore as well as plans concerning a larger harbour in Hanstholm have shown the reality of the complexity concerning the legislation and regulations of the sea space. The DanWEC case has ended in such a way that the one stop practice continues and wave energy projects can apply on a project basis for a limited time testing. Two possible sites at about 20 – 30 meter water depth, as shown on the map below, have been considered possible.

MARKET INCENTIVE
At the moment, the market incentives concern the ForskVE project specific support model in which an upfront agreed performance curve provides the basis for funding release. This principle has been used in the case of WaveStar testing at DanWEC, Hanstholm, with the result that the energy production has been documented and the conversion efficiency has increased. WaveStar has supported the development of the standards IEC TC 114 PT102 “WEC assessment at a 2nd site” by sharing 1 year of measured electricity generation data with the PT 102 team.

PUBLIC FUNDING PROGRAMMES
Energinet.dk and EUDP are the two Danish funding agencies that support the development of renewable energy and also wave energy.

SEA TEST SITES
DanWEC has bought two wave rider buoys, with the Greenlab funding provided by the energy agency.The wave and current data collection from the new buoys started in march 2015. These wave data measurements will be used as reference for measured energy production of prototype tests at the site. Further DanWEC has included the 1:10 test site Nissum Bredning as part of its portfolio; this has been seen as a strategic investment in order to embrace also developers working in new developments at lower Technology Readiness Level (TRL) stages.