Norway’s first offshore wind farm is given final consent

Norway’s minister of oil and energy, Terje Riis Johansen has given the final consent for the Havsul I offshore wind farm off the coast of Møre - a planned 350-megawatt (MW) facility.

Construction of the 350MW Havsul I, which is owned by Vestavind kraft, a group of local power utilities on the Norwegian west coast, can start by 2011 at the earliest.

But whether Havsul I, whch could produce around 1 TWh of energy a year, will actually be built may depend on how Norway’s financial support system for renewable energies is developed.

Havsul II, a proposed second phase project with a capacity of 800MW, located close to Havsul I, has not been given consent at this stage, but may be approved later on, says,…

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