Aurora Offshore Wind (Sweden)
Located approximately 22 km south of Gotland and 30+ km east of Öland in the Swedish EEZ Baltic Sea.
Status
Cancelledlifecycle stage
Ownership
OX2 — 51% ◆
Ingka Investments — 49% ◆Location
SwedenBaltic Sea
Technology
Capacity
5,500 MW ◆
Turbines
275 × 20 MW ◆
Model
Tbd 15-25 MW Class ◆
Foundation
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Site & conditions
Site rights
Application filed 2024-11 ◆
Water depth
49–90 m ≈
Distance from shore
30 km ◆
Wind speed
10.0 m/s @ 150 m ≈
Revenue & grid
Offtake
Other project cancelled ◆
Grid
No agreement ◆
Connection
N/A ◆
Schedule
COD
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Installation how the build is going · from satellite counts and Hafrok’s registers
Installation not started
nothing to count yet: the satellite tracker begins when offshore construction does
Installation · on record
StageCancelled
Offshore constructionnot started
Expected start of operationnot stated
Construction ports
PortN/A ◆
Sources & verification
13/17 fields verified · rests on 11 sources (3 primary) · ◆ 2 documents held
◆Verified≈Modelled◇Sourced∴Inferred⌁Convention○Unverified∅No source·Derived
Numbers are stable citation ids — grouped by source class, so they are not consecutive.
Operator4
[1]
OX22022-06-27
“OX2 has applied for a permit to construct the offshore wind farm Aurora under the Act concerning Sweden's Exclusive Economic Zone. The project specifies up to 370 wind turbines with a maximum height o…”
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[2]
OX22024-04-03
“OX2 and Ingka Investments' offshore wind farm Aurora receives Natura 2000 permit. The Aurora wind farm is located approximately 22 kilometers south of Gotland and over 30 kilometers east of Oland in t…”
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Ingka Group2022-12
“The three wind power projects are Galatea-Galene in Kattegat, Triton in the Baltic Sea south of Sweden and Aurora between the islands Öland and Gotland. ... Ingka Investments, the investment arm of In…”
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[11]
Swedish Government (Regeringskansliet)2024-11-04◆ Avslag på 13 havsbaserade vindkraftparke…
“Regeringen har den 4 november 2024 beslutat att inte ge tillstånd enligt lagen (1992:1140) om Sveriges ekonomiska zon för att bygga och driva 13 projekterade vindkraftparker i Östersjön utanför Sverig…”
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Trade press7
[3]
offshoreWIND.biz2024-06-03
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
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[4]
offshoreWIND.biz2024-11-04◆ Sweden rejects 13 Baltic offshore projec…
Press report — cited, not quoted; read it at the source link.
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[5]
Euronews2024-11-05
“Sweden has rejected applications for thirteen offshore wind farms, citing security concerns over potential interference with military radar and submarine detection in the Baltic Sea.”
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[6]
Defense News2024-11-11
“Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson said wind turbines would shorten early-warning time for missile detection in the Baltic, and would interfere with submarine surveillance.”
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[7]
WindEurope2024-11-05
“Sweden has rejected 13 offshore wind applications in the Baltic Sea with a combined capacity of almost 32 GW and representing around SEK 550 billion in private investment.”
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