Constraints Mapped

NVE’s 2024 strategic impact assessment for Vestavind B mapped key environmental, technical and spatial constraints, concluding that environmental impacts are medium for coral habitats, cod, seabirds and migratory birds, while socio‑economic impacts could be serious for the petroleum sector, shipping and aviation because most of the area overlaps active petroleum licences and important traffic and helicopter access routes. The study highlighted that the south‑western corner is effectively excluded by the Troll B and Troll C installations and seabed infrastructure, that conflicts for seabirds and migratory birds are highest closer to land, and that grid connection north of Sognefjorden would face local power surpluses, network limitations and a greater likelihood of curtailment, whereas Øygarden offers a stronger but still capacity‑constrained connection point.