Ånstadblåheia wind farm

Ånstadblåheia wind farm is located in Sortland municipality, in Nordland, and consists of 14 wind turbines. The wind farm has a total installed capacity of up to 50 MW. This corresponds to the electricity lighting up a town about 46,000 households.

WinWind funds

The contributions from the VinnVind funds promote local development and activities and increase the appeal of living, working or visiting the areas around Ånstadblåheia wind farm. The first VinnVind contribution was used on renovations of local community houses and buildings, on musical instruments for the local school, and on a new trail machine for the local ski club. The Kulturfabrikken Sortland KF processes the applications for the VinnVind funds. Read more (in Norwegian) here: Ånstadblåheia VinnVind-midler Sortland | Fortum Ånstadblåheia VinnVind-midler Sortland | Fortum - External link

Fortum exits asset management of the co-owned wind parks in Sweden and Norway

Fortum exits asset management services from its co-owned wind parks in Sweden and Norway, The joint venture owned by Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP) (80%) and Fortum (20%), have entered into an agreement with Arise AB (publ), who will take over the asset management services for the wind parks Nygårdsfjellet, Ånstadblåheia, Sørfjord in Norway, and Solberg in Sweden. Fortum will continue to provide technical and commercial services for the Kalax wind farm in Finland. 

The change will come into force on 1.10.2025. The current change in asset management services will not have an impact on the ownership of the joint venture.

Fortum’s ambition in wind and solar power remains high. Fortum has a target to reach a Nordic pipeline of at least 800 MW ready-to-build projects linked to long-term power purchase agreements by the end of 2026 to serve new customer demand. Fortum has a development pipeline of approximately 5 GW of new wind and solar power projects in permitting in Finland, Sweden and Norway.