Offshore wind power generation of two.1 gigawatts (GW) is scheduled to be inbuilt the Baltic Sea.
Statkraft, a Norwegian state-owned company, announced on the twenty first (local time) that it had submitted a planning application for the development of offshore wind power within the Baltic Sea, Sweden’s economic zone. Through this, Stockholm County power will probably be replenished and regional power imbalance will probably be resolved.
It was said that as it is going to be built 100km offshore from Stockholm, it is going to not be visible from the inland area, where many of the region’s population lives, and that a complete of 105 wind turbines will probably be installed.
Once complete, the plant is anticipated to provide roughly 8 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity per 12 months, comparable to 40% of local electricity demand. Particularly, it is going to meet the electricity demand for the transportation sector and low-carbon industrial transition.
“Once the facility plant is built, electricity production within the Stockholm area will increase to satisfy the increased demand,” said Jakob Nordstrom, head of the Swedish branch of Statcraft. He also explained, “We are going to construct the facility plant as far-off as possible in order to not harm the cityscape and minimize interference in the realm.”
Offshore wind power generation in Europe has recently been rapidly increasing.
France also plans to start bidding for fixed and floating offshore wind power plants with a complete capability of 9.2GW in Fécamp, Brittany, the Gulf of Gascony, and the southern Mediterranean coast starting this fall.
The UK also announced plans to put in floating offshore wind power on the Bristol Port deep-sea terminal to attain its carbon neutrality goal. By 2030, the initial three power plants will probably be installed on the coast of South Wales to provide 4.5 GW of renewable energy, and in the long run, additional power plants will probably be inbuilt the Celtic Sea region to quadruple the capability.
Offshore wind power accounted for 17% of the whole within the UK last 12 months, and in Europe it accounted for 19% with 17GW installed.
Reporter Jaeseung Lee energy@aitimes.com
