OX2 cleared to build Swedish wind farm to power hydrogen plant

Swedish renewables developer OX2 AB (STO:OX2) has secured permission to proceed with a wind farm project that will be built in northern Sweden and will power a 300-MW electrolysis plant within a local industrial cluster.

The approval for the Marktjarn wind farm project was issued by the Ange municipality, OX2 said on Tuesday.

The proposed wind park, to be installed together with Swedish forest company SCA, will be equipped with up to 40 turbines and is expected to generate about 1.1 TWh of electricity annually. The output will be used to power the adjacent Torpshammar industrial cluster in Ange municipality, Vasternorrland County, where France’s Lhyfe (EPA:LHYFE) aims to establish a green hydrogen hub with a daily production of up to 100 tonnes.

Provided that the wind project obtains all required permits, the power generation could be kicked off around 2030.

In addition to OX2 and Lhyfe, green fertiliser company Velarion Group is also part of the Torpshammar industrial cluster partnership launched this summer. Velarion’s role will be to construct one of the world’s first carbon-neutral fertiliser plants within this cluster and use Lhyfe’s hydrogen output to produce green ammonia for its own fertiliser production.

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