Positive
Project advancing - milestone achieved
Low Impact
Minor progress or informational
By November 2024, NVE had completed a strategic impact assessment covering the entire Vestavind B area, based on 20 technical reports and input from a reference group, and delivered the results to the Ministry of Energy. The assessment found that the 2,985 km² North Sea site, with average water depths around 350 m, is technically suitable for floating offshore wind, with an expected average utilisation of about 4,090 full‑load hours per year and technically and economically most favourable conditions in the south‑eastern part, from which power could be brought ashore using AC technology to the planned Øygarden transmission substation about 60 km away.