Skyborn, a portfolio company of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has submitted a permit application to the Swedish government to build the 2,800 MW offshore wind farm.
The project called Fyrskeppet is located north of Örskar in Uppsala County, about 50 km off the coast and is expected to generate up to 11 TWh fossil-free electricity when completed.
“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,” said Hanna Magnusson, interim managing director of Skyborn Sweden.
In the coming decades, electricity demand in Sweden is expected to more than double. The country has ambitious targets of 100% renewable energy production by 2040 and to produce 120 TWh annually from offshore wind.
Recently, state-owned utility Vattenfall secured the green light for its 1.2 GW Kattegat Syd offshore wind farm, while its fellow counterpart OX2 has been granted rights to develop a 400 MW wind farm, which is part of a 1.7 GW Galatea-Galene project that involves Ikea’s parent Ingka Investments with a 49% stake. The duo is also pressing ahead with their 1.5 GW Triton offshore wind farm eyeing first power by 2030.
Earlier this year, Danish utility Ørsted applied for permits to build four additional offshore wind farms in Sweden with a combined capacity of 15 GW by 2032 on top of existing plans for 3 GW, which in total could be enough to cover more than half of the country’s electricity needs.
Skyborn is also developing Eystrasaltbanken in the Bothnian Sea off Hudiksvall, and Storgrundet offshore wind farm off Söderhamn. In total, the company’s development portfolio in Sweden consists of four offshore areas with a power production potential of 40 TWh annually.
Other players, such as Freja Offshore, a joint venture between Aker Horizons-controlled Mainstream Renewable Power and Stockholm-based floating wind developer Hexicon, has also submitted plans for wind farms in Swedish waters.
