The decisions will be made by the government at today's meeting. The eleven wind power projects that are denied permits are located in several cases along the Norrland coast and are opposed on defence grounds.
The overall consequences for defence are too great, says Climate and Environment Minister Romina Pourmokhtari (L) at a press conference.
“Trying to mislead”
"A smokescreen," say parts of the opposition. It is obviously possible to combine in other countries, according to the Centre Party's energy policy spokesperson Rickard Nordin.
"It is clear that the government does not want offshore wind power, but rather feels compelled to give the green light to a few individual projects. They have also killed the economic opportunity to build by cancelling the expansion of the offshore national grid," he says in a written comment.
"The Tidö government is trying to mislead. With today's decision, they have closed the door to almost 90 percent of all offshore wind that has been on their table," writes Green Party spokesman Daniel Helldén on X.
In total, the two offshore wind farms that are approved could produce approximately 19 TWh of electricity per year.
That's roughly twice as much electricity as all of Denmark's offshore wind power produces today, so that's a lot of wind power, says Pourmokhtari.
Piteå project gets approval
The two projects in question are Fyrskeppet outside the Söderhamn archipelago and Vidar outside Grebbestad on the west coast.
An onshore wind power project in Piteå has also been approved. The owner, Norwegian Statkraft, is of course pleased and will now investigate whether the conditions are still right.
"We will now analyse the conditions of the permit and its possible consequences, optimise the project and make an assessment of its feasibility," says Jakob Norström, CEO of Statkraft Sweden, in a press release.
