Deep Wind Offshore applies for floating wind project in Sweden

Offshore wind developer Deep Wind Offshore has applied to develop and operate a floating offshore wind project outside Stockholm, Sweden.

The application is for the Erik Segersäll floating wind farm in the Baltic Sea.

The Erik Segersäll project is planned around 74km east of Nynäshamn and can reach electricity consumers on the mainland and Gotland.

The wind farm will have a potential total installed output of 4.5GW, to be achieved through several phases of development, which will give a total annual production of up to 19.5TWh.

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In the first phase, electricity production will be around 6.5TWh, corresponding to the city of Stockholm's total annual electricity consumption.

Erik Segersäll is the Deep Wind Offshore's second application for offshore wind in Sweden, a strategically important market for the company. The first application was for the bottom-fixed offshore wind farm Olof Skötkonung in the Bothnian Sea.

Knut Vassbotn, CEO of Deep Wind Offshore commented in a statement: "After three years in the Swedish market, we are very pleased to have submitted applications for one fixed and one floating project. We have already reached an important milestone in the first project, which confirms our strong pipeline."

Deep Wind Offshore is an international developer and owner of offshore wind projects headquartered in Norway, and with offices in Sweden and South Korea. The main owners are Knutsen Group, Haugaland Kraft, Sunnhordland Kraftlag and Octopus Energy.