Quiet Power: Wind and Marine Spatial Planning

The research investigates the 'soft securitization' of offshore wind energy in Sweden, finding a disconnect between the European Union's framing of wind energy as a security imperative and Sweden's technical planning approach, while noting that national defence actors exert significant non-transparent influence over outcomes.

• There is a fragmented governance approach to offshore wind: the European Union views it as a security imperative for energy security and reducing fossil fuel dependence, whereas Swedish authorities primarily use technical and risk-based planning frameworks.
• National defence actors, particularly in the Baltic Sea region, exercise substantial influence over offshore wind outcomes through non-transparent channels, a process described as "soft securitization" that limits the democratic and integrative goals of Marine Spatial Planning.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2025). Quiet Power: Wind and Marine Spatial Planning. https://www.sei.org/publications/quiet-power-wind-marine-spatial-planning/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Quiet Power: Wind and Marine Spatial Planning. 2025. https://www.sei.org/publications/quiet-power-wind-marine-spatial-planning/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Quiet Power: Wind and Marine Spatial Planning |date=25 November 2025 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/quiet-power-wind-marine-spatial-planning/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2025quiet, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Quiet Power: Wind and Marine Spatial Planning}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2025}, month = nov, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/quiet-power-wind-marine-spatial-planning/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }