Statkraft has decided to build the 270 MW Björkhöjden and the 99 MW Ögonfägnaden wind farms in Sweden, through a joint venture company owned 60-40 by Statkraft and Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA).
The two new wind farms will be built in Jämtland and Västernorrland counties, northeast of Östersund. Björkhöjden wind farm will start operations in two stages, in 2014 and 2015. Ögonfägnaden wind farm will be completed as early as 2014. A total of 123 wind turbines will be erected, each with an output of 3 MW. Statkraft's investment budget for the two most recent projects is about NOK 5.2bn (€705m).
The construction work will start immediately, which means that Statkraft will have four major wind farms under development in cooperation with SCA in mid/northern Sweden. The partners already have two wind farms under construction in the same area. Stamåsen wind farm (60 MW) will be completed later this autumn, while Mörttjärnberget wind farm (85 MW) will start operating in 2013. The total investment for these two wind farms is about NOK2.3bn (€312m).
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