The company issued a notice that stated an embargo on works until further notice as it failed to secure required political support to venture further.
Vestavind Offshore had secured a license from the ministry of petroleum and energy in 2009 to construct the country’s first full-scale offshore wind farm in the central region, however, has since being fraught with political instability and resentment.
The farm was expected to produce 1TWh annually, enough to power 50,000 households, and pave the way for further projects in the region, reported the bloomberg.com
Vestavind chairman Wenche Teigland remarked that either the political priorities must change or the wind power developers must wait for a consensus to emerge.
According to the Norwegian power industry association the country has a potential to increase the electricity output from wind and hydro sources by 13.2TWh per annum, only if a political consensus were to be arrived at.
