German renewable energy developer Skyborn Renewables has filed an application with the Swedish Government for the development of a 2.8GW offshore wind farm.
Called Fyrskeppet, the offshore wind farm will be located north of Örskar in Uppsala County, about 50km from the coast.
The project will be powered by a maximum of 187 wind turbines.
When completed, the wind farm is expected to generate up to 11 terawatt-hours of clean energy. This is said to equate to 8% of the country’s existing electricity consumption.
Skyborn Sweden interim managing director Hanna Magnusson said: “Fyrskeppet Offshore will secure the power supply to meet the increasing demand for renewable energy, and also provide cities that are central to the Swedish economy with a favourable green transformation to enhance future competitiveness, and help attract and retain investment in the region.”
Electricity demand in the country is expected to more than double in the coming decades.
The Stockholm-Mälardalen region is often considered to be the growth engine of Sweden, and within the next decade the increase in demand for energy could outpace the current supply, stated Skyborn.
Earlier this month, Skyborn secured exclusive rights from Metsähallitus, a Finnish state-owned enterprise, to build a 2GW wind farm. The Pooki offshore wind farm will be located off the Finnish coast in the Baltic Sea.
In April this year, the company applied for the development of another wind farm in the country, with a power generating capacity of 3.9GW.
Named Eystrasaltbanken, the wind farm will be located in the Bothnian Sea off Hudiksvall.
The company is also developing the Storgrundet offshore wind farm, a 1.02GW project to be located off Söderhamn.
