Nordic developer OX2 has submitted an application for a construction permit for its 5.5GW Aurora offshore wind project between the Swedish Baltic Sea islands of Öland and Gotland.

The Aurora project would be by far the largest in the Baltic and potentially the biggest single offshore wind development on the planet.

By comparison, if all of Orsted’s Hornsea projects in the UK North Sea end up being built they would have a combined capacity of 7.5GW,