Wind power in Sweden

Wind power in Sweden

Swedish package and paper products company Svenska Cellulosa AB and Norwegian power company Statkraft will invest 16 billion kronor (€1.73 billion; US$2.4 billion) in wind power in Sweden: [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/14/news/EU-FIN-Sweden-SCA-Statkraft.php Sweden's SCA, Norway's Statkraft in $2.4 billion wind power venture] ]

:"... the wind power venture would involve production of 2,800 gigawatt hours, or GWh, of wind power electricity a year, accounting for between two to three percent of Sweden's electricity production."

The project will consist of around 400 wind turbines in seven wind farms in northern Sweden where Statkraft will provide financing and SCA the land.

ee also

* List of wind farms in Sweden

References

External links

* [http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=50106 SWECO To Manage Wind Power Venture in Northern Sweden]


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