Construction of Vattenfall’s 353MW Blakliden and Fabodberget wind farm in the northern Vasterbotten region of Sweden has gone into hibernation for the winter.
The Swedish company said a combination of snow, cold weather and reindeer herding means construction of the project will close down for the winter.
Work will commence again in the Spring, Vattenfall said.
Blakliden and Fabodberget comprises two parts – Blakliden in Asele municipality with 50 turbines and Fabodberget in Asele and Lycksele municipalities with 34 turbines.
The areas are situated on either side of the small settlement of Fredrika, the company said.
Vestas is supplying 84 V136-4.2MW machines with total heights of 180 metres for the project.
Next year, the 34 foundations at Fabodberget will be cast and anchored, 55km of cabling will be laid at Blakliden and part of the anchoring work will be completed for the foundations already cast, Vattenfall said.
Construction of the transformer stations will be completed and overhead power lines will reach the site next year.
In 2021, installation of the turbines will start, the company added.
Head of project development Daniel Gustafsson said: “Vasterbotten has extremely good potential for wind power, and the wind power cluster here makes a strong contribution to our target of enabling fossil-free living within one generation.
“As well as the projects already mentioned, we are continuing to develop Sandselehojderna in Sorsele and Vargtrask in Lycksele/Asele, Norrback/Pautrask in Lycksele, and Vilhelmina/Storuman and Stensvattsmarken in Bjurholm, and to operate the Stor-Rotliden and Juktan wind farms in Västerbotten’s interior.
“Together, all these sites form a powerful cluster of renewable energy generation and will be able, if investment decisions are taken, to supply 5TWh of renewable electricity, which is equivalent to the electricity requirements of around one million Swedish homes.”