Norwegian Statkraft has submitted an application for permission to build an offshore wind farm approximately ten miles east of Stockholm to the government, the company writes in a press release.
The wind farm, Baltic Offshore Delta North, would according to the application have an installed capacity of 2.1 gigawatts – equivalent to two nuclear reactors.
"The Stockholm region will have the potential to receive an annual production of approximately 8 TWh of electricity from Delta North, which corresponds to 40 percent of the current electricity consumption in Stockholm County", the company writes.
The wind farm they want to build would be located in Sweden's economic zone, 5.5 miles east of the island of Sandhamn.
"The proposed wind farm includes up to 105 bottom-fixed wind turbines in an area far out at sea to ensure low or no visibility from land", Statkraft writes.
The water depth in the area is 40-80 meters.
Statkraft will also investigate the possibility of complementing the wind farm with hydrogen or e-fuel technologies.
