--- title: "Hesselø" source: https://hafrok.com/projects/dk-hessel/ identifier: dk-hessel updated: 2026-10-13 --- # Hesselø Source: https://hafrok.com/projects/dk-hessel/ Data as of: 2026-10-13 Original location had challenging geotechnical conditions (soft clay formations in upper 20-30m of seabed). | Field | Value | |---|---| | Country | Denmark | | Sea basin | Kattegat | | Capacity | 800 MW | | Lifecycle stage | Early Development | | Owners | Vattenfall | | Coordinates | 56.4176, 11.9254 | | Commercial operation (announced) | 2032 | | Commercial operation (Hafrok's expected year) | 2034 (range 2034–2042) | | Chance of delivery | Expected (weight 0.755) | ## Milestones - **Commercial operation** — 2034 (expected) ## Offtake 800 MW contracted — tender award - **Tender award · Hesselø (Kattegat) — re-tendered CfD round** — 542 DKK/MWh · awarded 2026-08 · 20-year term ## Sources Every figure above traces to one of these. Quoted passages are held but not republished; follow the link for the original wording. - Energistyrelsen (Danish Energy Agency), 2025-11-20 — https://ens.dk/en/press/danish-energy-agency-opens-tenders-three-new-danish-offshore-wind-farms - offshoreWIND.biz, 2025-11-20 — https://www.offshorewind.biz/2025/11/20/denmark-opens-2-8-gw-cfd-based-offshore-wind-tender/ - Windtech International, 2026-05-22 — https://www.windtech-international.com/projects-and-contracts/denmark-receives-bids-for-central-north-sea-and-hesselo-offshore-wind-sites - Port of Grenaa, 2026-06-16 — https://grenaahavn.dk/en/forretningsomraader/offshore-wind/hesseloe-offshore-windfarm/ - Energistyrelsen (Danish Energy Agency), 2026-06-16 — https://ens.dk/en/energy-sources/ongoing-offshore-wind-tenders/hesselo-offshore-wind-farm/news-about-hesselo-owf - Global Energy Monitor, 2026-07-02 — https://www.gem.wiki/Hessel%C3%B8_offshore_wind_farm - DTU Wind Energy / World Bank (Global Wind Atlas), 2026 — https://globalwindatlas.info/ - Danish Energy Agency (Energistyrelsen), 2026-08-04 — https://ens.dk/presse/danmark-faar-nye-havvindmoelleparker - Vattenfall, 2026-08-04 — https://group.vattenfall.com/press-and-media/pressreleases/2026/vattenfall-awarded-hesselo-and-north-sea-i-mid-offshore-wind-projects-in-danish-tender/ --- Hafrok · https://hafrok.com/projects/dk-hessel/ · please cite the page you took a figure from.