Swedish government approves giant wind farm

Sweden’s government on Tuesday approved the building of the largest offshore wind farm in the Scandinavian country and one of the biggest in Europe, the environment ministry said in a statement.

“The government has authorised the building… of a maximum of 108 wind turbines measuring at most 200 metres (656 feet) and with a capacity of 860 megawatts (MW),” the ministry said.
Although there are several giant wind farm projects in the works around the world today, the largest existing offshore wind farm is a 750-MW spread in Texas, while total global offshore wind capacity amounts to just 1,100 MW, according to the Brussels-based Global Wind Energy Council.

The Swedish wind farm, which will be able to produce three terawatt hours (TWH) a year, double the country’s current wind power output, will be built in the Kattegatt strait about 30 kilometres (20 miles) off Sweden’s southwestern coast.

AFP