Energy firm moves forward with project that will bring low-cost energy to millions of homes: 'This is very good news'

A new wind farm off the east coast of Sweden is expected to power two million homes with clean, renewable energy.

Skyborn Renewables will build the Fyrskeppet installation in the Gulf of Bothnia, 4C Offshore reported. It will produce 8-11 terawatt-hours per year, providing energy for 1.6-2.2 million houses and accounting for 6-8% of Sweden's current electricity demand.

The project, 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of Örskär in Uppsala County, is expected to cover 488 square kilometers (188 square miles). It will help the region, which includes the capital of Stockholm, bolster its "increasingly strained electricity supply," according to the platform.

"The area is partly listed as a national interest for wind farms and is also designated in the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management's maritime plans as an energy extraction area," 4C Offshore stated.

The County Administrative Board of Uppsala approved the project and sent it to the national government — which delegated the permit application review to the county in 2023, per Renewables Now — to be finalized. The turbines will number up to 187 and be no taller than 350 meters (1,148 feet).

A similar wind farm, Skidbladner, on the other side of the Åland Sea, was to power 50% of Stockholm and Gotland 10 times over. But the government rejected it and 12 other projects in November. In 2023, Swedish company Modvion built the tallest wooden wind turbine in the world.

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Skyborn, based in Germany, has a foothold in Sweden, Finland, France, and Poland, with wind farms in the United States and Taiwan, too. It acquired 50% of the Revolution and South Fork wind farms, which total 836 megawatts and are located off Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York.

In Sweden, it is working with French company Lhyfe on a 600 megawatt hydrogen plant as well, Renewables Now reported.

"This is very good news for both us and the region, which is in great need of new fossil-free electricity when electricity use is expected to increase between 30 and 40% by 2045," Skyborn Sweden CEO Niclas Broman said. "Now we hope for a fast-paced process with the government and look forward to a permit in the near future."

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