At the same time, the government rejected 11 other wind turbine projects due to their impact on Sweden’s defense capabilities, according to a government statement.
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Two projects were approved: “Fyrskeppet Offshore” in the Bothnian Sea between Sweden and Finland, which is expected to produce between 8 and 11 TWh of electricity per year, and the “Vidar” project in the Skagerrak strait between Sweden and Denmark, aiming to produce 7.8 TWh of electricity annually.
However, the companies implementing the projects – the private “Skyborn Renewables” (in the case of “Fyrskeppet”) and the state energy company “Vattenfall” (in the case of “Vidar”) – warned that they will need state support.
“Government approval does not mean that the project will be automatically implemented,” said Skyborn Renewables CEO Niclas Bromanas. “If offshore wind projects are to become real investments,… a risk-sharing mechanism will be needed, such as bilateral contracts for difference (CfD) and state-backed credit guarantees.”
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Meanwhile, Vattenfall stated that it welcomes the granting of the permit but warned in a statement to AFP news agency that “currently there are no conditions in Sweden to invest in offshore wind energy.”
In September 2024, Vattenfall halted construction of “Kriegers Flak” – a wind farm in the Baltic Sea – and stated that the project is not profitable and that connecting it to the power grid would be too expensive.
Regarding the 11 rejected projects, the government had already made a similar decision in November 2024, when it stopped another 13 projects in the Baltic Sea, citing that they could interfere with Sweden’s defense sensor operations.
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