filed: November 5, 2024 • Sweden
Sweden rejects Baltic Sea wind farms, citing defence concerns
Credit: By Reuters · November 4, 2024 · reuters.com ~~
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Sweden has rejected applications to build 13 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea due to defence concerns, while giving the go-ahead to one on its west coast, the government said on Monday.
Defence Minister Pal Jonson told a press conference that building wind farms in the Baltic Sea would pose defence risks, not least by making it harder to detect and shoot down missiles using Sweden’s Patriot batteries in case of a conflict.
Jonson said Baltic wind farms could halve the time Sweden had to react to a missile attack to just one minute. Sweden’s capital is just 500 kilometres (311 miles) from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/11/05/sweden-rejects-baltic-sea-wind-farms-citing-defence-concerns/
