Freja Offshore, a joint venture between the Swedish renewable energy company Hexicon and Mainstream Renewable Power, has submitted an application under the Swedish Economic Zone Act for a 2 GW offshore wind project to be developed 50 km from Karlskrona, off the south coast of Sweden. The Cirrus offshore wind project will be able to generate up to 10 TWh/year of electricity, enough to supply about 2 million Swedish households.
Cirrus is Freja Offshore’s second offshore wind application after it submitted an application in April 2023 for the up to 2.5 GW Mareld floating offshore wind project located off the west coast of Sweden.
Sweden has issued a roadmap for a transition to an entirely renewable electricity system (100% renewable electricity production) by 2040 and to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2045. The country plans to produce 120 TWh/year from offshore wind in 2040. At the end of 2021, the country only had 203 MW of installed offshore wind capacity, but nearly 12 GW of onshore wind.
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