Aapua Wind Farm Explained

The Aapua wind farm (Swedish: '''Aapua-parken''') is a wind farm on Eta, southwest of Aapua, Övertorneå municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden., 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

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). Each unit has a nacelle height of 78 m and a rotor diameter of 82 m.

See also

• List of wind farms in Sweden

Notes and References

1. News: Ole . Rothberg . Andersson, Mikael . Het vindkraft sätter snurr på det gamla varvet . Dagens nyheter . Stockholm . 2007-12-22 . 2008-01-03 . Swedish . https://archive.today/20070815051409/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=678&a=727385 . dead . 2007-08-15 .
2. Web site: Rusning till Sveaskog efter bra vindkraftlägen - Ny Teknik . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608060145/http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/energi_miljo/vindkraft/article45715.ece . 2011-06-08 .
3. Web site: Placera Nu Sveaskog: Medvind för vindkraft i skogsmiljö. 2007-12-24. 2011-07-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719093820/https://www.avanza.se/aza/press/news.jsp?n=675834. dead.
4. Web site: www.vestas.com/Admin/Public/DWSDownload.aspx?File=%2FFiles%2FFiler%2FSE%2FBrochures%2FAapua_SE.pdf . http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090706142444/http://www.vestas.com/Admin/Public/DWSDownload.aspx?File=%2fFiles%2fFiler%2fSE%2fBrochures%2fAapua_SE.pdf . dead . 2009-07-06 . PDF .