Norwegian tax package likely to impact offshore wind sites

Hafslund, one of three partners in the Blåvinge consortium, continues efforts with unabated strength, however, rising lease prices and windfall taxation could lead to fewer investments.
Photo: PR Wood Thilsted/E+
Photo: PR Wood Thilsted/E+
BY HARALD AMDAL, TRANSLATED BY CHRISTOFFER ØSTERGAARD

Energy company Hafslund is most likely not investing as much in offshore wind sites Sørlige Nordsjø II and Utsira Nord due to a energy tax hike in Norway. Communication Manager of Hafslund Per Storm-Mathisen confirms as much to EnergyWatch.

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