Swedish companies Vattenfall and Wallenstam have cancelled plans to build the 300MW Taggen offshore wind farm off Sweden following opposition from the military.
The project, which would have been located 12km off Solvesborg, secured a permit in 2012 for 83 turbines with 170-metre heights.
However, the developers applied to make changes to the permit to build 40 bigger turbines with heights of 220 metres, because of rapid technological developments and the associated cost reductions.
Not only was the new application opposed by the Swedish Defense Force, but the project as a whole.
The reason given was the proximity to the shooting range at Ravlunda, located about 25km inland from Taggen’s development area, Vattenfall and Wallenstam said.
Taggen Vindpark chairman Mattias Sjoberg said: “Of course, it is regrettable that we are now forced to put down a major renewable energy project that we, together with Wallenstam, have been developing for over 10 years.
“Now we must focus on taking the lessons learned from Taggen into the next offshore project.”