Finnish wind energy producer Suomen Hyotytuuli Oy on Thursday stated its offshore wind farm extension mission close to Pori on the west coast of Finland is shifting forward to the allowing stage.
The corporate proposes to increase its present 42-MW Tahkoluoto nearshore wind farm that turned totally operational in 2027. It’s Finland’s first offshore wind farm.
The brand new mission might see the set up of 40 generators of greater than 15 MW, or an total capability of about 600 MW, northeast of the present wind farm. The extension is predicted to be accomplished in 2027 and to supply 2,000 GWh a 12 months.
The land use plan for the mission was not too long ago accredited and it’ll now proceed to water and constructing allowing, technical design and funding resolution, in line with the announcement. The environmental affect evaluation was carried out in 2020 and 2021.
In July 2022, the Finnish authorities accredited the lease of state-owned sea areas for this mission and one other massive offshore wind mission off the coast of Korsnas, Ostrobothnia area developed by Metsahallitus, the Finnish Forest Administration.
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