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Energiø Bornholm has every chance of becoming a good business for Denmark
Doubts have been raised about Energiø Bornholm’s relevance and economy, but the project has never been more important. Besides being a crucial project in the European fight against climate change, the energy island has every opportunity to become a good business for Denmark.
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Originally published on 15 Jan
Read MoreAdrian Becke tapped to become TASK Engineering COO on Bornholm
Adrian Becke has been selected to head TASK Engineering’s operations on Bornholm. A 25-year veteran of the maritime industry, Adrian moved to the position on 1 October.
He comes to the position after two years working on Bornholm as site-team assistant for Vestas Commercial, where he co-ordinated construction of off-shore wind-energy parks Arcadis-Ost and Baltic Eagle.
In selecting Adrian as COO, TASK Engineering highlighted his wealth of experience in the wind-energy industry on Bornholm and in the Baltic Sea Region. It reckons this will benefit the development of the offshore-wind industry in the region and is pleased to have a permanent contact on Bornholm that can strengthen the island’s connection with the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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Read MoreFantasy island Bornholm’s plans to power the Baltic are running headlong into reality
Bornholm is hoping that it can show the world what the future of wind power looks like. Its financing unfortunately resembles failed projects past
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Copenhagen to send 10mn kroner to Bornholm to promote energy jobs
The Danish government plans to earmark 10mn kroner (€1.34mn) to allay concerns on the island of Bornholm that a planned 3GW interconnector will not benefit the local economy.
The proposed funding is included in a proposed national rural-development plan unveiled today.
Slated for completion in 2030, Energy Island Bornholm will consist of a 3GW windfarm off the southern coast of Bornholm and two on-shore interconnectors that will link the windfarm with Germany and the Greater Copenhagen area.
Despite local support for the windfarm, there has been concern about the placement of the interconnectors, which will occupy 100 hectares along the coast of the popular holiday destination, as well as the likelihood that none of the power generated by the windfarm will be available to the island’s residents or firms.
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The Bornholm island council hopes that a proposed business park adjacent to the interconnector station could be powered by the windfarm, making it a selling point that could lead to the creation of new jobs. Søren Møller Christensen, the director of Baltic Energy Island, an Ørsted Wind Power-funded group seeking to promote energy innovation on Bornholm, reckons that the funding could be used to pay for the business park.
“If we’re giving up land for Energy Island Bornholm, then Bornholm needs to get something back that secures Bornholm’s economy in the long run. And this is something we can do with this money,” Mr Christensen told TV2/Bornholm, a local news outlet.
Copenhagen has earmarked half of the expected 31.5bn kroner the project is expected to cost.