This environmental impact assessment for Kriegers flak ... - Vattenfall

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of wind power offshore, Vänern and in the mountains).
The second area that was singled out in the report as
particularly interesting was Finngrunden.
Another important argument for the chosen area is
that Sweden Offshore has great knowledge of Kriegers
Flak due to the planned wind farm by the group on
the German side. This, together with the possibility
to co-ordinate the development of both farms, brings
down the cost of establishing the wind farm. During
June 2005, there will, for example, be a measuring and
research station installed on the German side of Kriegers
Flak – a large cost that does not burden the budget
of Sweden Offshore.
With regard to the criteria “cost of grid connection”,
the following can be stated: In the case that a trans-
mission connection between Sweden and Germany
becomes a reality, the economy will be positively
inß uenced for the three projects that would be involved
(Kriegers Flak I and II and Baltic I). In the case of
“transmission cable” (se Chapter 15.5), the degree of
suitability +2 would be more correct.
The many advantages of Kriegers Flak (large area,
no protection-worthy interests, hardly any inß uence on
navigation and the landscape) as well as the enormous
potential (the transmission cable and the co-ordination
of developing three farms, possibly four with the
Danish side) makes Kriegers Flak the most outstanding
area for large-scale development of offshore wind
power in Sweden.