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A framework agreement between Sweden’s main political parties said: “Connection fees to the national grid for offshore wind should be abolished.” It was announced as part of a wider energy policy agreement.
Sweden’s political parties have also said they would increase interconnection between other markets and improve transmission within its own borders.
The agreement acknowledged the benefit additional interconnectivity has for offshore projects: “Through better interconnection of the electricity networks between the countries around the Baltic Sea, [it] also creates better conditions for the economically efficient development of offshore wind farms.”
Swedish state-owned utility and developer Vattenfall welcomed the pledge by Sweden’s politicians to commit to 100% renewables by 2040