According to Vindbrukskollen and the Swedish Energy Agency, 24 wind farms in Swedish waters are currently being processed.
In total, there are 3434 works, most of them far from land in the Swedish economic zone, SVT's review shows.
- I see an enormous potential in offshore wind power, says Minister of Climate and Environment Annika Strandhäll.
If everything were to be built, it would be an annual capacity of over 200 twh, significantly more than Sweden's total electricity production today.
Double production cost
Offshore wind power currently has a production cost that is almost twice as high as on land, floating platforms are even more expensive, despite the great interest in the wind power industry.
- In the long run, we absolutely see that we will have competitive production costs and in the territorial sea we already see that we have profitability in projects, states Olle Hedberg who is CEO of WPD Offshore Sweden.
A company that wants to build wind farms in the Bothnian Sea, among other places.
In Söderhamn, a referendum will be arranged on the plans for wind power in the sea outside the municipality.
Further out to sea in Sweden's economic zone, it is the government that gives permission.
The Armed Forces also has the opportunity to stop projects.