Despite the harsh winter conditions in the Baltic Sea, the project, together with Dutch contractors N-Sea Group and Hydrograf, reached this important milestone before the end of the year. During the maritime activities, surveys were conducted on both offshore stations and cable corridors. According to RWE's project manager Anton Andersson, the data collected through these surveys will be used to continue the licensing process and further develop the project.

RWE is expected to obtain the necessary permits in 2024, provided that the permitting process proceeds as planned and the offshore wind farm is put into operation in 2027/2028. According to the developer, the Södra Midsjöbanken offshore wind farm has 100 to 120 wind turbines with a planned installed capacity of up to 1.6GW and an annual output of 6.5TWh, which can provide 5% of Sweden's total electricity consumption. The project will be equipped with wind turbines with a capacity between 15MW and 20MW and will be connected to the Swedish grid in Nybro near Kalmar. Keywords: engineering construction, engineering news

The site of the wind farm under investigation is located in Södra Midsjöbanken, a project located in the middle of the southeastern part of the Baltic Sea. The water depth is between 15 and 35 meters. It is about 70 kilometers southeast of the southern tip of Öland and about 90 kilometers northwest of the northernmost coast of Poland. The first project planning and investigation began in 2006, when E.ON Wind Sweden explored the option of establishing a large offshore wind farm in southern Sweden. This is RWE now, because the company took over all major renewable energy activities of E.ON in the asset swap that started in 2019 and completed last year.Editor/XingWentao