RWE is growing its renewables business in Sweden. The company has now commissioned two more turbines for its Örken onshore wind farm in Halland County, Southern Sweden. Two 4-megawatt (MW) Vestas turbines have been added to the six-turbine site. In addition, the two turbines are sustainable: they are reused, refurbished, and more efficient than the existing ones. The new turbines alone supply approximately 4,550 Swedish homes with green electricity.
Katja Wünschel, CEO RWE Renewables Europe & Australia: “Sweden is a growth market for us to expand wind energy. And by reusing turbines, as we have done here at Örken wind farm, we can produce renewable electricity even more sustainably and efficiently, due to rapid developments in modern turbine technology. We’re making the most of the Swedish wind while driving forward the country’s energy transition.”
The Örken wind farm was commissioned in 2012 with a total of six wind turbines for an installed capacity of 18 MW. Now, the extended site has 8 turbines with a total capacity of 26 MW. Örken Wind Farm provides electricity to approximately 14,850 Swedish households.
RWE in Sweden
As a leading force in the Nordic renewables sector, Sweden continues to enhance its commitment to renewable energy. The Swedish target for the power sector is 100 % renewable electricity by 2040. Sweden is a significant growth market for RWE to expand wind power. RWE Renewables Sweden operates onshore and offshore wind farms with a total installed capacity of 251 MW. RWE owns part of the Nysäter wind farm (475 MW in total), operational since June 2022, which is not only one of the largest onshore projects in Sweden, but in Europe overall.
RWE is also actively involved in the Swedish offshore market. Kårehamn, located in the Swedish part of the Baltic Sea near Öland, has been operational since 2013 with a capacity of 48 MW.
Additionally, the company is developing one of the largest offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, Södra Victoria, with a planned capacity of up to 2,000 MW. The new wind farm has been planned in response to the growing demand for energy in southern Sweden, which is needed to support the transformation of the manufacturing and transport sectors.
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