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Sørfjord wind farm

Sørfjord wind farm was fully commissioned in 2020. The plant consists of 23 wind turbines. Located in a remote area on top of a mountain, the wind farm is a logistical miracle with its serpentine roads.

Location

Hamarøy, Norway

Number of turbines

23

Capacity

99 MW

Sørfjord wind farm is located in Hamarøy. The wind farm’s 23 turbines have a total installed capacity of up to 99 MW. This corresponds to lighting up a town of about 91,000 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 Sørfjord wind farm. The Hamarøy and Narvik municipalities process the applications for the VinnVind funds. Read more (in Norwegian) here: Sørfjord vindpark | Fortum  Sørfjord vindpark | 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.

Sørfjord wind farm -a logistical miracle

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