101 wind turbine project Offshore Sweden reaches the next phase
OX2 has submitted a permit application in accordance with the Act on Sweden’s exclusive economic zone to build an offshore wind farm in the Swedish economic zone off the coast of Falkenberg and Varberg.
The wind farm is called Galatea-Galene and is divided into two sub-areas.
Galatea is about 25 kilometers outside Falkenberg and Galene about 25 kilometers outside Varberg. The wind farm will include up to 101 wind turbines, with a maximum height of 340 meters.
OX2 has previously applied for a separate Natura 2000 permit for the offshore wind farm.
The planned production of electricity from the wind farm amounts to about 6-7 TWh per year, which corresponds to the annual electricity consumption for about 1.2 million households, or a quarter of households in Sweden, said the Swedish developer.
The application concerns a permit to build wind turbines, transformer stations and measuring masts and is under review by the government.
“We have now reached the next phase and look forward to the next step. Galatea-Galene would supply a significant amount of new Swedish renewable electricity to southern Sweden. The project is important for industry, business, households and the labor market. And it will also contribute to achieving Sweden’s ambitious environmental goals, “he said Hillevi Priscar, Country Manager for OX2 in Sweden.
The project is part of OX2’s Swedish project development portfolio, which at the end of the third quarter amounted to 11.1 GW.