Simply Blue Group plans 2 offshore floating wind projects in Sweden

Simply Blue Group plans to develop nearly 5 GW of offshore floating wind projects in Sweden.

The Irish company is working with consultancy firm Wind Sweden to develop the 2-GW Skidbladner and the 2.75-GW Herkules floating wind projects, it said in a May 18 news release.

"Floating wind has an important role to play in the Swedish energy mix as well as Nordpool, given it can be located further from shore and therefore its visual impact is significantly reduced," said Adrian de Andres, director of market development at Simply Blue Group. "We believe floating wind cost reductions will be steep in the next decade and therefore will be able to compete with other renewable energy sources in the 2030s."

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