Metsähallitus and Vattenfall to expand proposed Korsnäs wind farm
Metsähallitus and Vattenfall have agreed to expand the Korsnäs offshore wind farm in Finland, meaning that the new project area will allow for an increased capacity.
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Finland, Helsinski: Metsähallitus and Vattenfall have agreed to expand the Korsnäs offshore wind farm in Finland, meaning that the new project area will allow for an increased capacity.
Vattenfall and Metsähallitus partnered in December 2022 in order to develop the 1.3 GW Korsnäs offshore wind farm and in connection with the transaction, a possible additional area was agreed on, which cannot be auctioned as an independent location. The parties have now reached an agreement to use this optional area.
Metsähallitus, which manages the land and water areas of the Finnish state, said that a new regional plan is being prepared for the region of Ostrobothnia where the wind farm will be located. The additional area in Korsnäs, 5,400 hectares in size, is now also included in new draft now, so that the full size of the project area is 27,400 hectares. This should allow the Korsnäs project capacity to be increased from the planned 1.3 GW to 2 GW.
The two companies are set to develop the area as a whole, and they will submit an updated planning initiative to the Municipality of Korsnäs. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and land use planning are also carried out together.
Metsähallitus is a state-owned enterprise which leases state-owned territorial waters to offshore wind power in accordance with the tendering model approved by the government of Finland. Its responsibilities include area selection, initial project development and organisation of competitive tendering. The tendering process for two new areas is about to start before the end of this year.
Source: offshorewind.biz
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