The Danish power group Ørsted has applied for permission to build 4 large-scale offshore wind parks with a combined capacity of 15 GW in Sweden, raising its offshore wind project portfolio in Sweden to 18 GW. The group is already developing two 1.5 GW projects the group off the Swedish coast, the 1.5 GW Skåne Havsvindpark off Ystad, Trelleborg and Skurup, which should be commissioned in 2029, and the 1.5 GW Gotland offshore wind park expected by 2032.
The four new projects are expected to be commissioned by 2032 and they include the up to 1.5 GW Kattegat offshore wind park located outside Halmstad and Falkenberg, the up to 4 GW Baltic Central offshore wind park off Karlskrona, and the up to 5.5 GW Gävle East and 4 GW Gävle West offshore wind parks off Gävle, Ävlkarleby, Tierp and Östhammar. If all permits are approved and the 18 GW offshore wind capacity is fully developed, the projects might produce enough electricity to cover more than half of Sweden's total electricity consumption, which is expected to double by 2035.
Under the Agreement on Swedish Energy Policy, Sweden has issued a roadmap for a transition to an entirely renewable electricity system (100% renewable electricity production) by 2040. In 2021, the country had 193 MW of offshore wind capacity (and nearly 12 GW of onshore wind).
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