Swedish firm Eolus Vind has submitted a allow software for a 1,400 MW offshore wind undertaking in Sweden. Named Arkona, the offshore wind farm is deliberate to have between 50 and 70 generators that will collectively be capable of produce round 5.5 TWh of renewable electrical energy per yr.
The Swedish Arkona undertaking (as there’s already an offshore wind farm named Arkona within the German Baltic Sea) is proposed to be constructed simply over 22 kilometres south of Skåne’s coast, inside Sweden’s unique financial zone.
Topic to acquiring all obligatory permits and authorisations, building on the Arkona offshore wind farm in Sweden would begin in 2028.
Selections on permits for offshore wind initiatives situated exterior municipal waters are made by the federal government, which sends the appliance for processing to the related county administrative board, Eolus Vind famous in a press launch.
Skåne consumes roughly 13 TWh of electrical energy yearly whereas regional manufacturing quantities to about 3 TWh per yr, the developer stated and highlighted that Arkona may present greater than double the present electrical energy manufacturing in Skåne.
“Arkona is giant sufficient to be a really constructive contribution to Skåne’s power provide, whereas the undertaking has a practical building time, makes use of assets sparingly, and thus has restricted influence on the native surroundings. As well as, the potential of grid connection is sweet,” stated Anna Lundsgård, Head of Offshore at Eolus.
Eolus is just not the one developer with curiosity in constructing an offshore wind farm within the space as different wind energy builders even have deliberate initiatives there, which is a affirmation that the realm is nicely fitted to offshore wind energy, in accordance with the Swedish firm.
“We now have submitted a strong software and hope that the federal government acknowledges that Arkona is an optimized wind energy undertaking with low environmental influence and a big provide of renewable electrical energy to an space with very excessive electrical energy costs,” Anna Lundsgård stated.
Earlier this yr, Eolus Vind utilized for a allow to construct a wind farm off the western coast of Sweden. Named Västvind, this undertaking is deliberate to be constructed at a website situated west of Gothenburg and to have as much as 50 wind generators, making up for an put in capability of 1,000 MW.
Final week, Eolus Vind and Volvo Vehicles introduced that they signed a letter of intent to collaborate on the Västvind undertaking.
The partnership entails the Västvind offshore wind farm, as soon as constructed and in operation, supplying vital quantities of electrical energy to Volvo Vehicles’ operations at Hisingen in Gothenburg, together with the brand new battery manufacturing facility being constructed along with Northvolt, by the collectively owned firm Novo Vitality.
