Article by Josephine Hingst, courtesy of The West Australian
23.07.2025
A proposed offshore wind farm off the Mid West coast has been scrapped, as European developer Copenhagen Energy quietly exits the Australian renewables market.
The Denmark-based company withdrew its environmental application for the Mid West Offshore Wind Farm, a project once earmarked for more than 300,000ha of Commonwealth waters off Kalbarri.
The withdrawal application was submitted on May 13, with approval published on July 14 on the Federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water last week, without explanation.
It follows the earlier cancellation of Copenhagen Energy’s Leeuwin wind farm project in the South West and its Samphire proposal north of Perth, tying up the last of its Australian ventures.
Copenhagen had been among the first to propose major offshore wind developments off WA, but struggled to secure financial backing. The company is now focusing on projects in Europe and the Philippines.
Although the Mid West project had received some early community engagement, it never progressed beyond its initial environmental submission. The site off Kalbarri did not form part of the Commonwealth’s recently announced offshore wind feasibility licence zones.
Copenhagen Energy is in no way affiliated with Copenhagen Infrastructure, who is the company behind the $15 billion Murchison Green Hydrogen onshore wind and solar project, also in Kalbarri.
Copenhagen Energy has been contacted for comment.
