Vattenfall shelves unviable Kriegers Flak in Sweden

Swedish state-owned electric utility Vattenfall AB announced today its decision to pause the development of what it says is the country’s most mature offshore wind project – the Swedish Kriegers Flak, until further notice.

The company said in a statement that the investment prerequisites for offshore wind in Sweden are currently not viable and that it is no longer possible to complete the project in 2028, as originally intended. It stressed, though, that the development could be resumed if the prerequisites in question improve, assuming also that the permits are still valid.

The utility reiterated that one of the main prerequisites for investing in the project is the availability of a reasonable connection point to the national grid offshore.

The Swedish Kriegers Flak is supposed to be built about 30 km south of Trelleborg in an area that borders the existing offshore wind farms on the Danish and German sides of the Kriegers Flak reef. The company was looking to erect between 35 and 50 turbines in compliance with the building permit granted to it in May 2022. The total generation of the machines has been estimated at 2.7 TWh, equal to the annual power demand of just over 500,000 homes.

Presently, Vattenfall is developing offshore wind projects in Swedish waters with the combined potential to deliver 18 TWh a year by 2035.

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