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Aalborg Universitet Who should own the nearshore wind turbines? A case study of the Wind & Welfare project Jensen, Louise Krog; Sperling, Karl Publication date: 2016 Document Version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Link to publication from Aalborg University Citation for published version (APA): Jensen, L. K., & Sperling, K. (2016). Who should own the nearshore wind turbines? A case study of the Wind & Welfare project. Institut for Planlægning, Aalborg Universitet. General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. ? Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. ? You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain ? You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ? Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us at [email protected] providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Downloaded from vbn.aau.dk on: September 25, 2021 Who should own the nearshore wind turbines? - A case study of the Wind & Welfare project Summary This report examines the possibility for non-profit Who should own the near- organisations to participate in tenders for nearshore shore wind turbines? wind turbines in Denmark under the current frame- work conditions in the area. The point of departure -A case study of the Wind & Welfare project is a case study of the non-profit organisation Wind People’s attempt to participate with a popular pro- ject in the Danish tender for 350 MW nearshore February 2016 wind turbines. A series of in-depth interviews have been carried out with Wind People’s staff in order to © The authors make an in-depth analysis of their actions and expe- Aalborg University, Department of Devel- riences of entering into the market for nearshore opment and Planning wind turbines. The report concludes that it is not possible for non-profit organisations to participate Louise Krog Jensen with popular projects in connection with tenders for nearshore wind turbines in Denmark under the cur- Karl Sperling rent framework conditions. Therefore, it is necessary to make a modification of the framework conditions. In itself, this is not sufficient to pave the way for Aalborg University non-profit organisations to be able to enter the mar- Department of Development and Planning ket, however, as the study shows that the estab- lished actors in the market also have a large influ- ence on who is allowed to enter the market. The results of the report are a number of recommenda- Publisher: tions to the Danish politicians and the Danish Energy Agency aimed at measures that can help to ensure Department of Development and Planning Aalborg University broader competition at future tenders for offshore Vestre Havnepromenade 5 wind turbines in Denmark. In preparation for tender 9000 Aalborg conditions in connection with tenders, it is for in- stance recommended that an analysis is conducted on how the various groups of stakeholders are or- ISBN 978-87-91404-81-8 ganised in order to be able to prepare appropriate pre-qualification requirements. Furthermore, a number of recommendations have been prepared for non-profit organisations that wish to participate in future tenders in Denmark. One of the recom- mendations is that the non-profit organisations should activate their academic professional network to pull the strings and get in touch with relevant persons and actors when organising a tender or a project. Layout image: (Wind People, 2010) i Preface The report is made by the Department of Development and Planning at Aalborg University, in the period from October 2015 to March 2016. The report is made to get an in-depth understanding of the process that takes place when a non-profit organisation participates in tenders for nearshore wind turbines in Denmark. The preparation of the report has taken place in parallel with the tender for 350 MW Danish nearshore wind turbines, and thus it has been possible to follow the process closely. The report "Who should own the nearshore wind turbines? – A case study of the Wind & Welfare project" is a result of the international research project "Mobilizing grassroots capacities for sustainable energy transitions: path improvement or path change?" (MobGIs), which has received funding from Innovation Fund Denmark and is part of JPI Climate. ii iii Table of contents Preface ................................................................................................................................................................ ii Table of contents ............................................................................................................................................... iv 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 The tender for 350 MW nearshore wind turbines in Denmark......................................................... 3 1.2 The non-profit organisation Wind People as a case .......................................................................... 4 1.3 Research question and structure ...................................................................................................... 6 2 Theoretical framework .............................................................................................................................. 8 3 Method .................................................................................................................................................... 14 3.1 Critical case ...................................................................................................................................... 14 3.2 Innovation Biographies .................................................................................................................... 14 3.3 Applied data .................................................................................................................................... 16 3.4 Delimitation ..................................................................................................................................... 17 4 The framework conditions for multi-site tender for the nearshore wind turbines ................................ 18 4.1 The political background of the tender ........................................................................................... 18 4.2 General procurement rules in Denmark.......................................................................................... 19 4.3 The tender for 350 MW nearshore wind turbines in Denmark....................................................... 21 5 The process of the Wind & Welfare project from the beginning to the end .......................................... 28 5.1 The Project Wind & Welfare ............................................................................................................ 28 5.2 The tender process up until the pre-qualification ........................................................................... 32 6 Actors’ network around Wind People ..................................................................................................... 54 7 The organisation Wind People and its development through the process ............................................. 72 7.1 Wind People's development throughout the process .................................................................... 72 7.2 Development of the organisation ................................................................................................... 74 8 Analysis of the non-profit organisation’s options in connection with the invitation to tender for the nearshore wind turbines ................................................................................................................................. 76 8.1 Regulatory framework for the tender for nearshore wind turbines ............................................... 76 8.2 External factors ................................................................................................................................ 79 8.3 Which factors need to be changed in order for non-profit organisations to enter the market ..... 80 9 Discussion and recommendations ........................................................................................................... 83 9.1 Framework conditions ..................................................................................................................... 83 9.2 Other barriers .................................................................................................................................. 86 9.3 Recommendations ........................................................................................................................... 89 iv 10 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................... 92 10.1 Suggestions for further research ..................................................................................................... 96 11 Bibliography ........................................................................................................................................

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