Conservation board clears seven-turbine wind farm on Sandoy

The Faroe Islands’ Supreme Nature Conservation Board has upheld permission for a seven-turbine wind farm at Klivaløkshagi on Sandoy, KVF reported. The project could generate about 150.7 gigawatt-hours of renewable electricity a year, with a maximum capacity of 30 megawatts.

The board confirmed a decision by the Nature Conservation Board for Sandoy County, which granted permission with conditions in October 2024. The application was submitted to the conservation authorities in March 2024.

In August last year, the Supreme Nature Conservation Board requested a detailed assessment of possible effects on birdlife. The assessment, submitted on October 16 this year, found the wind farm could be built and operated without significant effects on bird populations in the area or the Faroe Islands as a whole.

Conditions require construction to take place outside the birds’ breeding season. The access road must be closed to public motor traffic during operation, and measures must protect nature and archaeological remains.