The European Union (EU) has allocated €15.3 million under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) to support preparatory work for the Baltic Sea Hydrogen Collector (BHC) project. The offshore hydrogen pipeline aims to connect renewable hydrogen markets between Finland and Germany. The allocated funds will be used to conduct preparatory studies, including technical pre-FEED, regulatory and environmental assessments.
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Renewable Power Capital (RPC) an Europe-based renewable energy company has acquired the Swedish and Finnish portfolio of Njordr AS. This portfolio consists of the onshore wind and solar development business of Njordr AS, which is a subsidiary of Vanir Green Industries. Furthermore, this transaction includes 22 early-stage onshore wind and solar power projects, which have an expected installed capacity of up to 1.9 GW.
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Landinfra Energy AB and Eiffel Investment Group have finalised a collaboration to develop a pipeline of up to 1,800 MW renewable energy projects in Sweden. These projects encompass solar power, wind power, and energy storage. Under the agreement, Eiffel will acquire a 50 per cent stake in the portfolio from Landinfra, while Landinfra will retain the remaining.
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Eolus has submitted an application for the 1 GW Blekinge Offshore Wind Farm, located 11 km off the coast of Blekinge in southern Sweden. Up to 70 turbines at this site, which is part of the Karlshamn and Sölvesborg municipalities, can provide up to 4.3 TWh of renewable energy annually. The construction work is scheduled to start in 2027.
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Sweden’s electricity and heating sector is predominantly fossil-free, given the country’s early adoption of carbon-neutral resources. As a result, the focus for decarbonization now rests on the industry and transport sectors. Portugal has made significant progress in its net zero ambitions, driven by government funding in green hydrogen initiatives and decarbonization of the industrial sector. The government sees industrial clusters as an opportunity to scale up renewable gas and has allocated capital to support the development of these projects.
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Statkraft AS has declared that it has purchased two companies having pipelines over 37 GW of onshore and offshore wind projects in Sweden. The company has purchased onshore wind company Svevind Nordic AB, part of Dresden-based Svevind Energy Group, and Swedish-Norwegian joint venture (JV) Njordr Offshore Wind AB.
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Eolus Vind AB, Swedish renewables developer, disclosed that it has submitted an application for a permission to build an up to 1,400 MW offshore wind farm off Sweden’s southern coast. The Arkona wind farm, which Eolus intends to erect between 50 and 70 bottom-fixed turbines, would be situated in Sweden’s economic zone, roughly 22 km south of the coast of Skane County.
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wpd, a German renewable energy producer, has concluded a grid connection deal with Ellevio, a Swedish electric distribution business, for two wind farms in Sweden, which are Broboberget and Lannaberget with an overall capacity of 700 MW. Furthermore, it is anticipated that the two wind farms will produce 1.5 TWh of energy each year. The power will be fed into the Swedish grid via a new 400 kV transformer station.
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RES, Mirova and Octopus Renewables have launched the 85.8 MW Rödene wind farm in the Alingsås municipality in Västra Götaland county, Sweden. Reportedly, RES constructed and will operate the wind farm, which is owned by Mirova, a subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers and Octopus Renewables.
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Ilmatar, a Finnish independent power producer (IPP), has announced plans to build a 350 MW solar power plant in Vermland County’s Grums municipality in central Sweden. The company has secured a 50-year leasing deal with landowners in Grums so that the solar plant, one of the largest in the country, can be built on 300-400 hectares of leased property.
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Thyssenkrupp Nucera, a German-Italian joint venture, will supply H2 Green Steel, a Swedish renewable energy steel start-up, with more than 700 MW of water electrolysis capacity. More than 30 electrolysers will be installed in Europe’s first commercial green steel mill in Boden, Sweden. With the addition of the electrolysers, the Boden facility will become the first in the world to have a gigawatt-scale production capacity. It will be facilitated by Thyssenkrupp Nucera’s “scalum” model alkaline water electrolysis modules.
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ABB has announced a collaboration with Lhyfe and Skyborn to jointly implement and optimise the SoutH2Port renewable hydrogen project in Sweden. In the SoutH2Port project, ABB will collaborate with Lhyfe and Skyborn to drive large-scale integration of offshore wind renewable energy production of hydrogen into the power system.
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Vattenfall, a Swedish energy company, intends to develop four hydropower projects in Sweden with a combined capacity of 720 MW. Reportedly, the first hydro facility will be situated at the Harsprnget power plant on the Luleälv river. This facility will have a maximum 110 MW capacity. The second, which will be located at the Porjus power station on the same river in Norrbotten, will have an 80 MW capacity.
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Skyborn Renewables has applied to the Swedish government for permission to build the country’s largest offshore wind farm, the 3.9 GW Eystrasalt project in the Bothnian Sea. Reportedly, the project area has been chosen, among other things, because of the good wind conditions and the favorable sea depth, but also the proximity to both Finland and northern Sweden.
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Ørsted has requested permission for building offshore wind projects in Swedish waters with a total capacity of 15 GW. This capacity is planned to be developed near Sweden’s southern tip and the Gulf of Bothnia in the north, and can be brought online in the next ten years. With the additional capacity, Ørsted hopes to lower power costs and encourage the growth of new green industries. Ørsted’s ongoing plan for 3 GW of renewable energy capacity in Sweden is complemented with the most recent plan.
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Siemens Gamesa, a German producer of wind turbines, has been contracted to provide OX2 with 11 of its SG 6.6-170 turbines for the Riberget wind project in Sweden. At the 70 MW wind project, which is situated in Sweden’s Ljusdal municipality, the onshore wind turbines will be installed.
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Equinor, a Norwegian energy company, has agreed to buy BeGreen, a Bregentved Group solar project developer, for an undisclosed fee. BeGreen has more than 6 GW of capacity in Denmark, Sweden, and Poland, which is in the early to medium stages of development.
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Renewable Energy Systems (RES), UK-based renewable energy firm has agreed to sell its Lycksele project portfolio in Sweden to German investment firm Prime Capital. The 290 MW portfolio comprises the Fjällberg, Hornmyran and Vinliden wind energy projects. These projects will be sold for an unknown amount and are anticipated to go operational in 2025.
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Through its Niam Infra Fund, the Norwegian real asset manager Niam has joined forces with solar developer Solkompaniet to construct a 500 MW solar portfolio in southern Sweden. The portfolio’s solar projects will be able to power 120,000 households in central and southern Sweden. More than $297.7 million will need to be invested in them.
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Ilmatar Solar, a subsidiary of the Finnish energy company Ilmatar, has announced plans to build a 550 MW solar park in Sweden. Reportedly, the project will be constructed in the municipality of Motala, Stergötland. Once completed, it will produce enough energy to power 32,000 local homes. To build the facility, Vinnergi, a consulting firm, and Ilmatar Solar inked a contract
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