Aapua Wind Farm
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]
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| Coordinates | 66°51′45″N 23°32′14″E |
| Status | Operational |
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| Units operational | 7 × 1.5 MW |
| Make and model | Vestas V82-1.5 MW (7) |
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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[4]). Each unit has a nacelle height of 78 m and a rotor diameter of 82 m.[4]
References
- 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.
- "Rusning till Sveaskog efter bra vindkraftlägen - Ny Teknik". Archived from the original on 2011-06-08.
- "Placera Nu Sveaskog: Medvind för vindkraft i skogsmiljö". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2007-12-24.
- "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.
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