Aapua Wind Farm

Coordinates: 66°51′45″N 23°32′14″E / 66.862499°N 23.537264°E / 66.862499; 23.537264
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Aapua Wind Farm
Map
Country
  • Sweden
Coordinates66°51′45″N 23°32′14″E / 66.862499°N 23.537264°E / 66.862499; 23.537264
StatusOperational
Commission date
  • 2005
Power generation
Units operational7 × 1.5 MW
Make and modelVestas V82-1.5 MW (7)
Nameplate capacity
  • 9.9 MW

The Aapua wind farm (Swedish: Aapua-parken) is a wind farm on Eta, southwest of Aapua, Övertorneå municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. As of 2007, it is the northernmost wind windfarm in Sweden.[1] The farm is owned by Aapua Vind AB, representing 14 private investors, and operates on land owned by the state-owned Sveaskog, Sweden's largest forest owner.[2] The farm became operational in 2005[3]

Technical[edit]

The farm consists of seven 1.5 MW Vestas V82-1.5 MW Arctic wind turbines[4] with a total stated power of 9.9 MW[2] (10.5 MW according to supplier Vestas[4]). Each unit has a nacelle height of 78 m and a rotor diameter of 82 m.[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Rothberg, Ole; Andersson, Mikael (2007-12-22). "Het vindkraft sätter snurr på det gamla varvet". Dagens nyheter (in Swedish). Stockholm. Archived from the original on 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
  2. ^ a b "Rusning till Sveaskog efter bra vindkraftlägen - Ny Teknik". Archived from the original on 2011-06-08.
  3. ^ "Placera Nu Sveaskog: Medvind för vindkraft i skogsmiljö". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
  4. ^ a b c "www.vestas.com/Admin/Public/DWSDownload.aspx?File=%2FFiles%2FFiler%2FSE%2FBrochures%2FAapua_SE.pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-06.