A transnational HVDC inter-connector (COBRAcable) between Southern Denmark and the Netherlands is
planned with a sub-sea cable length of about 200 km within German EEZ. The cable route is adopted in the
offshore net plan as a cable route for which permits are pending. The application procedure with BSH was
opened in January 2011 and scoping terms issued in May 2011. The project planning is resumed this autumn
after a break of 1.5 years.
The assignment is to assist Energinet.dk and it partner, Tennet, in obtaining the permits to install and operate
the cable (§ 133 Bundesberggesetz and related nature protection legislation). Geophysical and biological
seabed surveys are completed. However, supplementary surveys (outside the scope of this contract) can be
undertaken during the 2014 season.
The consultant is to assist the project team in the dialogue with key German authorities and in preparing the
applications to BSH and Bergamt with focus on nature and environment. The themes include; EIA requirements,
Natura 2000, nature protection law §30, compensation plans, analysis of cable route in sand extraction zones
and optionally specification and analysis of supplementary biological surveys. The applications are to be
submitted during autumn 2014 with expected permits issued early 2015.