Europe's largest onshore wind power project to be built in Central-Norway
On the 23rd of Februar 2016, Statkraft released the following stock exchange information:
“Statkraft, TrønderEnergi and the European investor consortium Nordic Wind Power DA will join forces to realise Europe's largest onshore wind power project in Central-Norway, comprising six onshore wind farms, with a combined capacity of 1000MW. The total investment in the wind farms amounts to approximately EUR 1.1bn. Construction will commence in Q2 2016 and commissioning will be completed in 2020.”
You can read the complete announcement here.
Vestas (www.vestas.com) announced on the 23rd of February 2016: “Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order for 278 wind turbines totalling 1001 MW, from Fosen Vind DA in Norway. The 1 GW order comprises turbines for six different wind parks in Norway, which combined will be Europe’s largest onshore wind project to date.
As stated, this is a significant project taking place. It will have a huge local impact, in terms of jobs, construction projects, sub-contracts etc. BPO Consulting can guide and help foreign companies to position themselves, in order to be evaluated for sub-contracts or deliveries to the project.
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