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Fyrskeppet in the southern Bothnian Sea and Vidar in the northern Skagerrak were approved, with the two projects together expected to generate up to 19 TWh of electricity per year. Eleven other projects in the Gulf of Bothnia, the Bothnian Sea, and Västerhavet were rejected because the government deemed their defence impact unacceptable. Stockholm also said it will replace the open-door process with an auction model in which the state first identifies suitable areas and then developers bid for the right to build.