Green light for new offshore wind power

Facts: Parks that get approved

Kattegat South. Yes, from the county board. Location: west of Falkenberg. Company: Vattenfall. Electricity production: 5 TWh.

Galatea-Galene. Yes, from the county board. Location: west of Varberg and Falkenberg. Company: OX2. Electricity production: 6-7 TWh.

“The government now explicitly states that there are conflicting goals in almost all policies, not infrequently between climate and environment,” says Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.

He says that the government’s decision has been a difficult balance.

— We are now speeding up the pace of decision-making.

The parks have been waiting a couple of years for permission. Altogether, it is about a hundred wind turbines.

Kattegat syd is planned to be built by Vattenfall and Galatea-Galene is managed by the company OX2.

— Now there will be a change in things, says Minister of Energy and Industry Ebba Busch (KD).

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