ANNUAL REPORT 2011 - DONG Energy
ANNUAL REPORT 2011 - DONG Energy
ANNUAL REPORT 2011 - DONG Energy
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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 />
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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.