Norwegian billionaire and founder of salmon farm empire SalMar, Gustav Witzøe, is financing legal costs of protests against a 60MW wind project led by Stadtwerke München (SWM) on the Norwegian island of Frøya, the Munich utility and Norwegian newspapers said.

The billionaire’s main motivation is that the planned wind farm could be seen from Witzøe’s house on the island – and not nature conservation aspects – sources close to the situation told Recharge.