The Swedish government has unveiled a plan to develop offshore wind projects with 20TWh to 30TWh annual production of clean energy.

The state has identified areas in the Gulf of Bothnia, the Baltic Sea and the North Sea and marked these for development.

Reuters reported that the government plans to increase this capacity to 120TWh in the future.

The Swedish Energy Agency has been asked to identify suitable areas to develop an additional 90TWh of offshore capacity.

Sweden’s Minister of Energy and Digitization Khashayar Farmanbar said: “Today we point out areas that enable offshore wind power of 20-30TWh annually.

At the same time, we are taking further steps to enable a total electricity production from the sea that corresponds to 120TWh, almost as much electricity as the whole of Sweden uses in one year today.

“We must have a lot of electricity, cheap electricity, fast. This is how we secure the electricity supply, enable the conversion and ensure good long-term electricity prices. ”

Sweden currently uses almost 140TWh of electricity per year, and this amount is expected to increase in the future as the country phases out the use of fossil fuels in its transport and industrial sectors.

Sweden’s Minister of Climate and Environment Annika Strandhäll said: “We are now accelerating the expansion of offshore wind power by pointing out a number of suitable areas far out to sea.

“At the same time, we give the Swedish Energy Agency the task of proposing even more areas.”

Last year, the British Green Investment Group (GIG) acquired the rights to the offshore wind farm Kattegatt in Sweden.

The wind project will generate enough electricity to power more than 95,000 homes in the region once it is operational.

It is also expected to reduce Sweden’s total carbon dioxide emissions by up to 49,000 per year.