Freja Offshore, a, joint venture between Sweden’s Hexicon and Mainstream Renewable Power, has submitted an application to the Swedish Ministry of Climate and Enterprise to develop the 2.5 GW Dyning floating offshore wind project, which would be located 45 km off Sweden’s coast between the mainland and the Island of Gotland (south-eastern Sweden). Once completed, the floating wind project is expected to produce 10 TWh/year of electricity, more than the entire energy need of Sweden’s Sörmland and Östergötland regions.
The Dyning project is Freja Offshore third offshore wind application in Sweden after it submitted an application in June 2023 for the 2 GW Cirrus offshore wind project located off the Sweden’s southern coast and another in April 2023 for the up to 2.5 GW Mareld floating offshore wind project located off the west coast of the country.
Sweden aims to reach an entirely "fossil-free" electricity system by 2040 (the initial mention (2016) of a "100% renewable electricity system" was replaced by "fossil-free" to include nuclear in 2023). In 2022, the country had 193 MW of installed offshore wind capacity and over 14 GW of onshore wind. Sweden has more than 3 GW of wind power capacity under construction and nearly 83 GW under development.
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