Audible response

Danish Ports' consultation response regarding Energinet's long-term development plan 2024

With this consultation response, Danish Ports would like to draw attention to elements that seem to be under-prioritized in Energinet's proposal for a long-term development plan:

  • The Danish commercial ports are important and growing business areas where electrification of companies, their production at the ports and the associated logistics, green logistics chains, including increased electrification of ships and ferries, is taking place. This does not seem to be fully reflected in the development plan, and this is important as shortages can be predicted in some parts of the country when both ports and cities need to be supplied. Even though it will be the distribution network operators who will be responsible for the actual connections, there must be sufficient basic supply. See also point 4.
  • It will be a socio-economic advantage to plan for the future needs of commercial ports and expand within/parallel to these needs, and this requires that the issue is fully considered in the development plan. The energy-intensive PtX plants can also often be advantageously located adjacent to commercial ports.
  • Danish Ports agree that dialog-based initiatives should be a major focus area for Energinet's development of the electricity system. Dialogue can create an overview of potential challenges and how these can be met before shortages occur. Danske Havne refers here to the recommendations that will soon be published by the Port Partnership set up by the government.
  • The Ministry of Transport will soon publish the Port Atlas energy layer, which among other things provides a guideline for the minimum necessary expansion of electricity capacity for ships while in port. In addition, it must be taken into account that the increasing number of hybrid ships must also be supplied with electricity via the port.
  •  The commercial ports will be important hubs for future transportation and the use of green fuels, and as part of the transport chain for CO2 and hydrogen. These are areas where continuous updates of the development plan will be needed.
  • Danish Ports welcomes the proposal to build new electricity substations/connectors in the northernmost and southernmost parts of Denmark.

Sincerely,
Camilla Rosenhagen