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notes<br />

41 Licence overview<br />

significant licences and hydrocarbon exploration and extraction licences in Denmark and abroad<br />

Segment/location Activity Licence<br />

thermal power<br />

Denmark Exploration/<br />

production<br />

Geothermal energy exploration and<br />

extraction licence<br />

Denmark Production Electricity generation licence<br />

(general)<br />

Ownership<br />

interest (%) Expiry<br />

- 2013<br />

- 2022<br />

UK Production Electricity generation licence (Severn) - 2032<br />

sales & Distribution<br />

Denmark Sales Natural gas supply licence - 20131 Denmark Sales Underground natural gas storage<br />

licence<br />

Denmark Sales Underground natural gas storage<br />

licence<br />

- 2023<br />

- 2012<br />

Denmark Sales Natural gas distribution licence - 2023<br />

Denmark Sales Electricity distribution licence - 2023<br />

Denmark Sales Electricity transmission licence - 2025<br />

Denmark Sales PSO licence, electricity - 2012<br />

1 The licence is renewed on an ongoing basis for five-year terms.<br />

For a number of the Group’s licences, the licence expiry dates<br />

shown opposite each licence indicate the entire term of the<br />

exploration and evaluation licence that can be retained if <strong>DONG</strong><br />

<strong>Energy</strong> and the Group’s partners in each licence meet certain<br />

licence criteria. These criteria may include an obligation to drill<br />

a specific number of wells or to assume other obligations relating<br />

to planning or development of the area to which the licence<br />

relates. If <strong>DONG</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> and the Group’s licence partners opt<br />

144 COnsOliDatED finanCial statEmEnts – <strong>DONG</strong> ENERGY <strong>ANNUAL</strong> <strong>REPORT</strong> <strong>2011</strong><br />

not to meet such criteria, the licence term may expire earlier<br />

than the date shown in the table above.<br />

For wind farms with a capacity of less than 25 MW in Denmark<br />

and less than 100 MW in the UK, a production licence is not<br />

required.

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