Norway is pushing again its timeline for a transfer into offshore floating wind parks because it offers with queries from the European Free Commerce Affiliation Surveillance Authority over state help for potential initiatives.
Agreeing a mannequin for state support earlier than the Utsira Nord areas are allotted ought to guarantee “larger predictability,” the federal government stated Friday.
Beforehand, the federal government’s purpose was to simply accept purposes for permits this quarter.
“We’re involved with constructing a stable basis for floating offshore wind that may endure,” Vitality Minister Terje Aasland stated within the assertion.
“I hope that the notification will be accepted earlier than the flip of the yr, and want to facilitate allocating mission areas in Utsira Nord in 2025.”
Norway accomplished its first fixed-based offshore wind public sale on Wednesday, marking a milestone within the nation’s ambitions to go from a handful of generators to 30 gigawatts of put in capability by 2040.
