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The Gothenburg Port Authority will become a partner in Eolus\u2019 1GW V\u00e4stvind offshore wind power project, offshore Gothenburg, Sweden, to meet growing electricity demand,<\/p>\n
According to Eolus, the offshore wind farm will be able to generate electricity corresponding to the current electricity consumption of all of Gothenburg.<\/p>\n
The Port of Gothenburg is facing a green transformation that will entail a sharp increase in the port\u2019s electricity needs already during the period up until 2030. The port\u2019s forecasts for future electricity consumption show a multi-fold increase in the need for power.<\/p>\n
Elvir Dzanic<\/strong>, CEO of the Gothenburg Port Authority, said:\u201cThe world\u2019s major ports will become energy hubs and centers for the manufacture of hydrogen gas and e-fuel for maritime traffic. \u00a0The Port of Gothenburg\u2019s strategy is to lead the green transition of maritime traffic, but this position will not come about without some effort. Access to green electricity will be entirely crucial for the port\u2019s development and competitiveness. Investing in offshore wind power is therefore a strategic decision for us.”<\/p>\n According to a press release issued Tuesday, there is already a severe deficit in electricity generation in the region, and demand for electricity is expected to double by 2035.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIn this situation, we must do everything we can to ensure the port\u2019s access to green electricity,\u201d says Elvir Dzanic.<\/p>\n The V\u00e4stvind wind farm is planned to have an installed capacity of 1,000 MW, with the potential to generate 4\u20134.5 TWh of renewable electricity per year.\u00a0This corresponds to the current need for electricity and power of the entire city of Gothenburg. The farm could potentially be ready in 2029.\u00a9Eolus<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cRegional renewable electricity generation is an integral and necessary part of the green transition in both the transportation sector and industry in western Sweden. It is, therefore, both natural and strategically important that the Port of Gothenburg is part of V\u00e4stvind,\u201d says Per Witalisson,<\/strong> CEO of Eolus.<\/p>\n \u201cV\u00e4stvind could play a key role in western Sweden\u2019s ambitions of becoming northern Europe\u2019s center for the electric vehicles and battery manufacture of the future, and the world\u2019s most climate-smart port logistics. Access to green electricity is a decisive issue in this regard. In practice, offshore wind power is the only source of energy that can contribute such large amounts of new electricity generation in the timeframe up until 2035,\u201d says Witalisson.<\/p>\n The partnership means that Gothenburg Port Authority will acquire 5% of the shares in the project company that owns V\u00e4stvind, and Eolus will remain as the owner of 95%. \u00a0 maritime professional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Gothenburg Port Authority will become a partner in Eolus\u2019 1GW V\u00e4stvind offshore wind power project, offshore Gothenburg, Sweden, to meet growing electricity demand, According to Eolus, the offshore wind farm will be able to generate electricity corresponding to the current electricity consumption of all of Gothenburg. The Port of Gothenburg is facing a green …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/33435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Currently, Eolus is conducting a number of investigations and dialogues to facilitate co-existence with other stakeholders such as commercial fishing and maritime traffic. \u00a0The plan is to submit the permit application with the accompanying environmental impact assessment, to the Land and Environment Court and the Government in 2023. Start of construction is planned for 2027, and completion for 2029.
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