Metsähallitus and Vattenfall have agreed to broaden the Korsnäs offshore wind farm in Finland in order that the brand new mission space will permit for an elevated capability.
Vattenfall grew to become a Metsähallitus mission accomplice for the 1.3 GW Korsnäs offshore wind farm in December 2022.
In reference to the transaction, a doable further space was agreed on, which can’t be auctioned as an unbiased location. The events have now agreed to make use of this non-obligatory space.
A brand new regional plan is being ready for the area of Ostrobothnia the place the wind farm shall be situated, stated Metsähallitus, which manages the land and water areas of the Finnish state.
The brand new draft now additionally contains the extra space in Korsnäs, sized 5,400 hectares. The complete dimension of the mission space is 27,400 hectares.
The inclusion of the extra space will permit the mission capability of Korsnäs to be elevated from the deliberate 1.3 GW to 2 GW.
Sooner or later, Metsähallitus and Vattenfall will develop the unique space and the extra space as an entire, and they’ll submit an up to date planning initiative to the Municipality of Korsnäs as quickly as doable, in line with Metsähallitus.
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Environmental Influence Evaluation (EIA) and land use planning are additionally carried out collectively.
Metsähallitus leases state-owned territorial waters to offshore wind energy in accordance with the tendering mannequin accredited by the Finnish Authorities.
The state-owned enterprise is accountable for the realm choice, preliminary mission growth and organisation of aggressive tendering. The tendering course of for 2 new areas is about to start out earlier than the tip of this 12 months.
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