Offshore wind power progresses: Government designates marine areas for tendering and proposes rules for construction and decommissioning

The Programme of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s Government aims to clarify the rules for offshore wind power in Finland’s exclusive economic zone and thereby promote a predictable and enabling environment for effective project development and construction in both the exclusive economic zone and territorial waters. The Act on Offshore Wind Power in the Exclusive Economic Zone (937/2024) entered into force on 1 January 2025. The Act lays down a new procedure for the selection and tendering of offshore wind power areas in the exclusive economic zone. The exclusive economic zone of Finland is an international sea area that the State of Finland has the right to exploit economically. Two of the areas to be tendered are located in the Bothnian Sea and two in the Bothnian Bay The four offshore wind power areas selected by the Government are called ‘Selkämeri länsi’ (Bothnian Sea West), ‘Selkämeri itä’ (Bothnian Sea East), ‘Perämeri etelä’ (Bothnian Bay South) and ‘Perämeri pohjoinen’ (Bothnian Bay North). In the competitive tendering process, a project developer will be selected for each area. The developer may then apply for an exploitation permit for the area to carry out more detailed st

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