The growing role of the Port of Grenaa for Danish and Swedish wind farms
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08, 2022
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07, 2022
Sweden takes charge in the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
Sweden will hold the presidency of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region from July 1 to June 30, 2023, reports the Swedish government. […]
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07, 2022
SWEA: Swedish armed forces should facilitate wind power expansion
Swedish Wind Energy Association (Svensk Vindenergi) has issued a position statement on the opinions issued by the Swedish armed forces on offshore wind energy projects. Since 2017, Sweden’s armed forces have rejected 9 out of 10 offshore wind farm projects. Such actions could significantly limit the development of the offshore wind sector in Sweden. [...]
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07, 2022
Cloudberry partners with Hafslund for the Stenkalles offshore wind project
Cloudberry Clean Energy has entered into a binding term-sheet for the sale of 50% of shares in Cloudberry Offshore Wind AS, to form a 50/50 joint venture with Hafslund AS. Cloudberry Offshore Wind AS indirectly owns the 100 MW shallow-water wind project Stenkalles Grund in the lake of Vänern in south-central Sweden (SE3). The transaction [...]
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07, 2022
Vattenfall and Preem to explore potential for offshore wind and green hydrogen development
Swedish developer Vattenfall and Swedish fuel producer Preem will jointly explore opportunities to develop a value chain linking offshore wind and hydrogen with the refining industry on Sweden’s west coast. Investors want to explore the possibility of a rapid transition away from fossil fuels – from 2030 at latest. […]
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07, 2022
OX2 applies for a permit to construct the offshore wind farm Aurora
OX2 has submitted a permit application under the act of Sweden’s Exclusive Economic Zone to construct an offshore wind farm in the Swedish Economic Zone between the islands of Gotland and Öland. The wind farm Aurora will be situated about 20 kilometers from the island of Gotland and 30 kilometers from the Island of Öland. [...]
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06, 2022
Vattenfall invests in two offshore wind farm projects off the coast of Gothenburg
Swedish investor Vattenfall has purchased majority stakes in two offshore wind projects off the coast of Gothenburg from wind energy company Zephyr. […]
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06, 2022
New report on effects of offshore wind farms on marine life
Professor Lena Kautsky from Stockholm University is one of the authors behind the new report, which concludes that consideration needs to be taken to sensitive benthic areas, sound-sensitive animals, as well as seabirds when wind farms are established and that the turbine foundations can act as artificial reefs. […]
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06, 2022
Svenska Kraftnät received applications to connect 125 GW in offshore wind
Swedish transmission system operator Svenska Kraftnät is working on a report on preparations for the expansion of the offshore grid. They must submit the document to the government by 15 June 2022. Project manager Kristian Lilliesköld points to developers’ strong interest in pursuing offshore wind farms. […]
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06, 2022
Clinton Marine Survey completes marine surveys for Eystrasalt Offshore wind farm
Swedish developer wpd Offshore has completed a comprehensive marine geophysical surveys at the site of the planned Eystrasalt Offshore farm. Clinton Marine Survey conducted the research on behalf of the investor. […]
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05, 2022
Simply Blue Group unveils offshore floating wind projects in Sweden
Simply Blue Group, a leading Irish blue economy developer in floating offshore wind has unveiled plans for two multi-GW projects in Sweden. The 2 GW Skidbladner Floating Wind Project is located 100Km South-East of Stockholm and the 2.75GW Herkules Floating Wind project, is approximately 60 km Southeast of the Island [...]
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05, 2022
Swedish government grants permit for offshore wind farm Kriegers Flak
RES developer Vattenfall welcomes the Swedish Government’s decision to grant construction permit of an offshore wind farm at Swedish Kriegers Flak. […]
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05, 2022
Hexicon and Elia Grid International collaborate on integrating offshore farms with onshore grids
Hexicon and Elia Grid International (EGI) join forces to connect the wind energy produced by Floating Offshore Windfarms (FOW) to the onshore grid, and that on a global scale. The two companies will develop concepts and projects to integrate large scale floating offshore wind parks into the onshore power systems. The 5-year long cooperation consists [...]
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05, 2022
Norwegian Deep Wind Offshore starts up in Sweden
Norwegian company, Deep Wind Offshore recognizes massive potential and great opportunities in the Swedish offshore wind market and is establishing its own company in Sweden. The aim is to promote and create local jobs and work with local suppliers to build a strong and robust supply chain for offshore wind industry. In the first phase, [...]
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05, 2022
NKT has started production of the onshore cable system for the SuedLink corridor
Production of the world’s longest high-voltage DC underground power cable system for partners in SuedLink, TenneT and TransnetBW, has started at the NKT factory in Karlskrona, Sweden. […]
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05, 2022
SWEA: Permitting phase includes 67 TWh of offshore wind potential
According to the Swedish Wind Energy Association (SWEA), a total of 67 TWh of offshore wind power is in the permitting phase. Projects for which permit applications are currently pending could be commissioned in as little as six years, but then the permitting processes will need to be streamlined and coordinated, the Swedish industry organization [...]
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04, 2022
The Nordic Hydrogen Route in the Gulf of Bothnia region will be developed. Wind turbines play an important role
Two Nordic entities – Gasgrid Finland and Nordion Energi – will launch the Nordic Hydrogen Route, the first large-scale cross-border hydrogen network in Europe. The companies are looking to develop pipeline networks that would transport the energy carrier from producers to consumers. Wind energy – onshore and offshore – will [...]
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04, 2022
Green hydrogen production project in Gävle enters the next phase
Swedish energy investor and RES developer Svea Vind Offshore has announced that Ramboll experts are completing a safety analysis before the 2023 start-up of the Gävle hydrogen project in Sweden. The venture involves the production, storage, and distribution of green hydrogen. […]
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04, 2022
N-Sea completes environmental baseline survey for Södra Midsjöbanken offshore wind farm
RWE Renewables is currently developing the 1600MW Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) Södra Midsjöbanken located in the southern Baltic Sea. N-Sea, along with their partner Ocean Ecology, were contracted for late season provision of vessel, equipment, and personnel to perform a geophysical site survey and environmental baseline survey, as well as [...]
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04, 2022
Swedish Institute: Time to speed up energy efficiency in the Baltic Sea region
Energy experts from countries in the Baltic Sea region gathered in an online session hosted by the Swedish Institute for a dialogue on energy efficiency. The message from the speakers was that work on energy efficiency in the Baltic Sea region must speed up. […]
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04, 2022
Lhyfe and wpd to produce of green hydrogen in connection with offshore wind farm in Sweden
The renewable green hydrogen supplier Lhyfe and the wind power developer wpd Offshore Sweden AB have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly establish and directly connect a facility for green hydrogen production to wpd’s planned offshore wind farm Storgrundet in Söderhamn municipality, Sweden. […]
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04, 2022
Sweden accelerates wind energy development – the government presents a package of solutions
The Swedish government has presented a package of solutions for accelerating the development of wind energy. Wind turbines for Sweden are intended to be a source of cheap and green electricity. The package consists of four decisions aimed at meeting increased electricity demand and strengthening Sweden’s energy security through wind [...]
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04, 2022
Swedes to install floating wind turbines in Norway
Sweden wind power company SeaTwirl has obtained an approved concession for the installation of the S2x floating wind turbine in Bokn Municipality, Norway. The approval marks an important milestone for the company. […]
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03, 2022
Sweden’s climate policy framework must be a “plan to accelerate action”
Swedish Climate Policy Council presented the latest edition of its annual report assessing the effectiveness of the government’s climate change efforts to the Minister for Climate and the Environment, Annika Strandhäll. According to experts, there is a need for better coordination of the activities of state bodies and greater efficiency [...]
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03, 2022
Energy deficit could put the brakes on Gävleborg’s green revolution. Will wind energy help?
The Swedish government has begun work to accelerate the energy transition, including the development of offshore wind power. Incremental generation capacity is crucial in the age of electrification. Industrial regions such as Gävleborg are facing problems with energy deficits. This is where wind energy can help. […]
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03, 2022
BASREHRT – Sweden and Baltic countries hold roundtable talks on RES and hydrogen
There is no longer any doubt that wind energy in the Baltic Sea region will play a key role in the development of green hydrogen production. Recently, the BASREHRT project – the Baltic Sea Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Experts Roundtable – was launched. It is a platform for cooperation in [...]
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03, 2022
Sweden has the largest development potential for floating technology in the Baltic Sea region
A new GWEC report points to the key role of floating offshore wind in global decarbonization efforts. Among the countries in the Baltic Sea region, Sweden has the greatest potential for developing floating technology. […]
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03, 2022
OX2 applies for a Natura 2000-permit for a Aurora offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea
OX2 has applied for a Natura 2000 permit for an offshore wind farm in the Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone between the islands of Gotland and Öland. […]
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03, 2022
Sweden should pay special attention to the technological progress of offshore wind
The Swedish Wind Energy Association (Svensk Vindenergi) is positive about the government’s recent decision to develop offshore plans for the offshore wind sector. According to the organization, the level of ambition should be higher and the decision makers themselves should be mindful of technological advances. […]
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03, 2022
Hansa PowerBridge submarine cable will connect Germany and Sweden
The procedure for participation in the Hansa PowerBridge submarine cable project was initiated for the continental shelf bilge in Germany’s exclusive economic zone in the Baltic Sea. […]
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03, 2022
Cross-border consultations of the Baltic Offshore Beta offshore wind farm project have ended
The cross-border environmental impact assessment consultation for the planned Baltic Offshore Beta offshore wind farm in the Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone in the Baltic Sea was open for participation until 28 February 2022. […]
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02, 2022
Svea Vind Offshore makes changes to Gretas Klackar 1 offshore wind farm project
Swedish company Svea Vind Offshore AB intends to apply for a permit for the Gretas Klackar 1 offshore wind farm. As part of this process, it invites written consultation. […]
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02, 2022
OX2 applies for a permit to construct the offshore wind farm Triton in Sweden
OX2 has submitted a permit application under the act of Sweden’s Exclusive Economic Zone to construct an offshore wind farm in the Swedish Economic Zone off the coast of Skåne in the south of Sweden. […]
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02, 2022
The industry is calling for offshore wind. Sweden to prepare plans for offshore wind turbines development
On Tuesday, February 15, Minister for Climate and Environment Annika Strandhäll and Minister for Energy and Digitalization Khashayar Farmanbar held a joint press conference. The meeting focused on accelerating offshore wind development and developing Sweden’s first offshore plans. […]
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02, 2022
The Gulf of Bothnia has the potential to become the most important hydrogen cluster in Scandinavia
Researchers at Finland’s LUT University of Applied Sciences, commissioned by St1 and Fortum, have mapped the conditions necessary for electricity production in the Perämeri region. The region has great potential to become a center for carbon-free steel, fuel, and chemical production. This development will require a significant increase in wind [...]
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02, 2022
Cross-border consultations on the Arkona offshore wind farm project in Sweden are underway
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a cross-border consultation on the Arkona offshore wind farm, which is to be built in Sweden’s exclusive economic zone in the southern Baltic Sea between the islands of Ystad and Germany’s Rügen. […]
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01, 2022
The European Union will support the second phase of projects within the framework of synchronization of the Baltic States
The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) coordination committee has positively assessed and approved the application submitted by the transmission system operators from the Baltic countries – Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, and Poland. The financial aid will reach 170 million euros. […]
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01, 2022
Offshore wind energy investors call for reforms in Sweden
Offshore wind power is needed to meet the growing electricity demand, argues Swedish wind energy association Svensk Vindenergi. The investors call for several reforms to accelerate the development of wind turbines in offshore areas. […]
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01, 2022
Sweden could lead the Baltic region in ‘green’ steel production
Produkcja stali i morska energetyka wiatrowa to dwa obszary, które są coraz bardziej zależne od siebie. Nie będzie wiatraków bez stali, natomiast „zielonej” stali – bez produkcji OZE i bezemisyjnego wodoru. Pierwsze kroki w bezemisyjnej produkcji stali poczyniła Szwecja i to właśnie ten kraj może zostać liderem regionu Morza Bałtyckiego [...]
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01, 2022
OX2 applies for a Natura 2000 permit for a wind farm outside Skåne
OX2 has applied for a Natura 2000-permit for an offshore wind farm within the Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone off the coast of Skåne. The wind farm is called Triton and is located about 30 km south of Ystad. The offshore wind farm comprises up to 129 turbines with a maximum height of 370 meters. [...]
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12, 2021
Geophysical and environmental studies for Södra Midsjöbanken wind farm completed
German energy company RWE has announced that geophysical and environmental studies for the Södra Midsjöbanken offshore wind project have been completed. This is RWE’s largest project in the Nordic region, involving the construction of an offshore farm about 100 km from the Swedish mainland towards the Polish border. The total [...]
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12, 2021
OX2 applies for a permit to construct the Galatea-Galene offshore wind farm in the Kattegat
OX2 has submitted a permit application under the Act on Sweden’s Exclusive Economic Zone to construct an offshore wind farm in the Swedish economic zone off the coast of Falkenberg and Varberg. […]
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11, 2021
City of Gävle gives green light for Utposten 2 offshore farm
Wind project developer Svea Vind Offshore has announced that Gävle City Council has given the go-ahead for the Utposten 2 wind farm in the Baltic Sea. […]
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11, 2021
Swedish armed forces don’t want a wind farm near the Stockholm Archipelago
Plans have recently been reported that Baltic Offshore Delta offshore wind farm is planned to be build near the Stockholm Archipelago. As reported in Swedish media, the Armed Forces are tentatively saying “no” to a wind project in the Baltic Sea. […]
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11, 2021
OX2 and Ålandsbanken Fondbolag to begin cooperating on offshore wind farm Noatun, south of Åland
OX2 and the Bank of Åland Fondbolag Abp have signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the development of the offshore wind farm project Noatun, south of Åland. […]
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11, 2021
OX2 plans to build Aurora, an offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea in the Swedish economic zone
RES developer OX2 is planning to build an offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea in the Swedish economic zone. The Aurora wind power plant will be located 20-30 km off the coast of Gotland and Öland. Its capacity may reach 5.5 GW, while wind turbines – 15-25 MW. [...]
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11, 2021
Åland Islands with huge potential for offshore wind energy development
Experts from Finland’s LUT University have mapped the offshore wind energy potential in the Åland Islands for the local authorities. As it turns out, the region has huge potential for offshore wind development. A large wind farm could cover half of Finland’s current electricity production. […]
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11, 2021
Sweden’s largest wind farm to be built near The Stockholm archipelago
Swedish media are reporting that Sweden’s largest offshore wind farm may be built in the waters of the Stockholm archipelago. The installation will consist of 253 wind turbines and will be completed in 2032. […]
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11, 2021
Climate Neutral Nordics. Grid operators publish a report, predicting doubling of RES capacity
Nordic grid operators Fingrid, Energinet, Statnett and Svenska kraftnät have published the Nordic Grid Development Perspective (NGDP) 2021 report. The study presents a path to a climate-neutral Nordic energy system. The “Climate Neutral Nordics” scenario foresees a doubling of RES capacity by 2040. […]
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11, 2021
Vattenfall explores new ways to quantify biodiversity
Vattenfall and French based CDC Biodiversité, a leading European organization in biodiversity assessments, have started a collaboration to assess Vattenfall’s biodiversity footprint. This is an important step for Vattenfall on the journey to secure a net positive approach for nature by 2030. […]
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10, 2021
Lina Kinning, SWEA: The transparent and open dialogue will be crucial in Swedish offshore grid development
The Swedish government announced in October that electricity system operator Svenska Kraftnät would be tasked with developing the offshore transmission grid in connection with plans to develop offshore wind power. Lina Kinning, offshore energy and European policy expert at the Swedish Wind Energy Association (SWEA), in a commentary for BalticWind.EU [...]
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10, 2021
How will offshore wind farms affect the shipping industry? We ask the Swedish Transport Agency
The seas are the heart of the shipping sector. The development of offshore wind farms may lead to even more users in maritime areas. We ask the Swedish Transport Agency (Transportstyrelsen) how offshore wind development can affect the shipping sector. […]
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10, 2021
Swedish fishermen concerned about offshore wind development plans
The Swedish government announced in October that electricity system operator Svenska Kraftnät would be tasked with expanding the transmission grid in offshore areas in connection with plans to develop offshore wind power. National fishermen were concerned about the announcements. They have issued a letter to the government on this issue. [...]
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10, 2021
The European Patent Office intends to grant Hexicon patent for a floating wind power platform
The European Patent Office (EPO) has confirmed its intention to grant Hexicon a European patent for the company’s floating wind power platform with tilted towers. EPO has also examined a third-party submission, similar to the objection filed against the patent already granted in Sweden, and did not find it relevant, [...]
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10, 2021
Cloudberry postpones investment decision for Stenkalles Grund farm
Investor Cloudberry Clean Energy plans to build the Stenkalles Grund offshore wind farm in the waters of Vänern, Sweden’s largest lake. The company has postponed making a final investment decision until mid-2022. […]
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10, 2021
Svenska kraftnät and Fingrid have applied for CEF co-funding for the Aurora Line interconnector
Transmission system operators of Sweden and Finland, Svenska kraftnät and Fingrid, have together applied for Connecting Europe Facility co-funding for the new cross-border interconnector Aurora Line between the northern parts of the countries. […]
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10, 2021
OX2 will build the Galatea-Galene wind farm in Kattegat waters
Swedish RES developer OX2 has announced that the company is currently applying for Natura 2000 permits for the Galatea-Galene offshore wind farm. The installation will be built in the waters of Kattegat, off the coasts of Falkenberg and Varberg. […]
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10, 2021
The Swedish Government to contract Svenska Kraftnat to develop offshore grid
The Swedish Government plans to contract electricity system operator Svenska Kraftnät to expand the transmission network in the country’s offshore areas. The development of offshore wind power will support Sweden’s efforts to meet its 2040 RES energy production targets. […]
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10, 2021
Vattenfall commits to landfill ban and to recycle all wind turbine blades by 2030
Vattenfall has set ambitious targets in how to deal with wind turbine blades at end of life. An immediate commitment to a landfill ban on decommissioned wind turbine blades has been made. The next decade there will be an intense work increasing the recycling rate of wind blade components. […]
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10, 2021
Cloudberry wants to develop 2.5 GW wind farms in the Baltic Sea
Nordic company Cloudberry is planning to strengthen its business portfolio in the area of offshore wind energy. The target of the independent developer is the Baltic Sea. The Nordic renewable energy producer has hired Charlotte Bergqvist, who will assist Cloudberry in exploring investment opportunities. Cloudberry is an Oslo-based company active in the renewable energy market [...]
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10, 2021
Wind turbines expansion in the Baltic Sea requires international cooperation on bird conservation
BirdLife International, a global federation of organizations dedicated to the conservation of wild bird species, has prepared a complex study on the impact of offshore wind farms on bird populations in the Baltic and North Seas. The key is marine spatial planning, based on scientific research and expert knowledge. The report „Impact of offshore [...]
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10, 2021
Green Investment Group takes over Kattegatt offshore farm project in Sweden
Leading renewable energy developer Green Investment Group (GIG), has acquired the rights to the Kattegatt offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Falkenberg Municipality in the Halland region of Sweden. Green Investment Group, owned by investment giant Macquarie, has acquired the rights to the Kattegatt offshore wind farm from investor Agrivind AB. The [...]
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10, 2021
1.5 GW Skåne wind farm to be built in the Baltic Sea
Danish wind industry tycoon Ørsted has plans to build a 1.5 GW Skåne offshore wind farm. It has already completed an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the project - documents are awaiting approval. The Skåne offshore wind farm will be located about 22 kilometers south of Skåne. The electricity will be able to cover [...]
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09, 2021
Local authorities and the military are against a wind farm off the south coast of Sweden
The developer Kustvind plans to build the Sydkustens wind farm in the waters of the Baltic Sea, 8-15 km from the coast in the territorial sea within the municipalities of Skurup and Trelleborg. Local authorities object to the offshore farm. According to the Swedish media, the investor will have to [...]
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09, 2021
Former finance minister and industry veteran join the board of new JV to develop Swedish floating offshore wind
Aker Offshore Wind and Hexicon have appointed former Swedish Finance Minister Pär Nuder and former Vattenfall executive Mikael Kramer to the Board of Directors of its new 50-50 joint venture to develop floating wind offshore in Sweden. […]
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08, 2021
Public consultations for the Triton offshore wind farm project off the coast of Skåne are ongoing
Swedish investor OX2 plans to build a wind farm off the coast of Skåne, less than 30 km south of Ystad in the Swedish economic zone. Public consultations on the project are currently underway. […]
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08, 2021
Newsroom: Vestas Ventures invests in Salamander Quick Lift Crane Technology
Vestas Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Vestas Wind Systems, has invested in the unique Salamander Quick Lift Crane Technology to further strengthen its position as global leader in sustainable energy solutions and to reduce carbon emissions from its value chain. This new crane holds significant potential, both in [...]
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08, 2021
Newsroom: Swedish Hexicon completes Wave Hub Ltd acquisition for offshore floating wind technology demonstrator
Hexicon, a leading technology and project developer in floating wind farms, has completed its acquisition of the Wave Hub renewable energy test site in Cornwall, South West England, paving the way for Hexicon’s first deployment of its Twinwind floating foundation technology in UK waters by 2025. […]
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07, 2021
Iberdrola and Svea Vind Offshore have submitted their first applications for the Gretas Klackar 2 farm
The Spanish developer Iberdrola announced in a report on the financial results for the first half of 2021 that it has already submitted applications for the Gretas Klackar 2 offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. […]
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07, 2021
Offshore wind energy can benefit the environment, but needs to be developed skillfully
The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (Naturskyddsforeningen), the largest and oldest environmental association in Sweden, presented a report on the development of wind energy in Sweden. Wind energy has many advantages – it is competitive and has minimal impact on the climate. But a strong expansion of wind energy also [...]
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07, 2021
Public consultations of the Hexicon and Aker Offshore Wind offshore wind projects are ongoing
Norwegian offshore wind energy developer Aker Offshore Wind announced in a report on financial results for the second quarter of 2021 that public consultations on wind farm projects in the waters of the Baltic and North Sea are currently underway. […]
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07, 2021
Newsroom: A strong result and a development drives the transition for Vattenfall
Vattenfall’s President and CEO Anna Borg comments on the interim report for January-June 2021. “Achieving our goal of enabling fossil-free living within one generation requires that we cooperate with customers and other partners – also outside of the energy sector. Partnerships therefore have a central role in Vattenfall’s strategy”, says [...]
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07, 2021
Technology from Sweden will cool the Haliade-X turbine
Global wind turbine manufacturer GE Renewable Energy has selected Malmö-based Heatex as a cooling system supplier for the Haliade-X + 12MW offshore wind turbine generator. […]
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07, 2021
Sweden is the most attractive for wind investors in the Nordic region
The Swedish Wind Energy Association (SWEA) informs that so far in 2021, 15 billion Swedish kronor (1,47 billion euro) has already been invested in wind energy. Sweden attracted the most investments among the Scandinavian and Baltic countries. […]
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07, 2021
Swedish municipalities’ veto for wind projects only at the beginning of the investment
Sweden’s environment ministry has focused on municipalities’ right to object to the construction of wind farms. For this purpose, a special team was set up to study the consequences of its removal or to present a different alternative. It turned out that the optimal proposal was presented against the previous [...]
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06, 2021
Nordic TSOs have been working on strategy for wind energy development
Four Scandinavian transmission network operators - Energinet, Fingrid, Statnett and Svenska Kraftnät - are working on the development plan for the Nordic TSO Strategy until 2030. The document focuses on the development of wind energy in countries and sector integration. Works on the strategy started in autumn 2020. A webinar was organized in March [...]
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06, 2021
Newsroom: Sweden plans to reduce grid interconnection costs for offshore wind developers
Newsroom: Sweden plans to reduce grid interconnection costs for offshore wind developers According to the Renewables Consulting Group’s (RCG) Global Renewable Infrastructure Projects (GRIP) database, Sweden has already granted grid connection to 28.9 GW of offshore wind grid connection. Tor Inge Vevatne, Director and General Manager of RCG Nordic, says reduced grid connection costs [...]
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06, 2021
Swedish developer of floating wind platforms will go public
According to the Swedish media, the wind company Hexicon plans to debut on the stock exchange. On June 4, 2021, it announced its intention to conduct an offer to sell its own auctions. The prospectus has already been approved by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority. The entity specializes in the development of floating wind [...]
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06, 2021
Offshore wind energy may make southern Sweden independent from energy imports
According to the Danish analytical centre Aegir Insights, offshore wind energy is a promising solution to Sweden's problem of electricity deficit in the south of the country. According to data from Wind Europe, at the end of 2020, there are 5 offshore wind farms operating in Swedish waters with a total capacity of 192 [...]
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05, 2021
Installed capacity in offshore wind farms in Swedish waters reaches 192 MW
According to Wind Europe data, at the end of 2020, the installed capacity in offshore wind farms in Europe amounted to 25 GW. There were 5 offshore farms in operation in Sweden with a total capacity of 192 MW. The country's authorities approach the development of offshore wind installations in a balanced way, its [...]
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05, 2021
For projects Långgrund 1 and 2 still against the wind. The Swedish Armed Forces say “no”
The investor Svea Vind Offshore plans to build two wind farms Långgrund 1 and Långgrund 1 in the waters of the Baltic Sea. Swedish media reports that the armed forces continue to refuse to approve the projects. Långgrund 1 (1,395 MW) and Långgrund 2 (capacity unknown) are offshore wind farm projects that Swedish investor [...]
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05, 2021
The Swedish government wants to reduce the costs of connecting offshore wind energy farms to the power grid
In February, the Swedish Ministry of Infrastructure proposed to reduce the costs of connecting offshore wind farms to the electricity grid, which are borne by electricity producers. On February 2, 2021, a proposal for regulations announced four years ago was published on the website of the Ministry of Infrastructure, aimed at reducing the costs [...]