Wind power for Arctic Norway
The energy company Troms Kraft is investing 700 million NOK in the construction of a new windmill park at Vannøya, northern Norway. Planned expansions of the park could give power to all of northern Norway, the company says.
The first phase of the project will give power to 9000 households in the region. However a planned phase two and phase three could give energy to all of northern Norway, CEO of Troms Kraft Oddbjørn Schei says to newspaper Nordlys.
-This is a historic day, it could not have been better, representative of the Norwegian Ministry of Oil and Petroleum Jarand Felland said at an project ceremony in early July.
The first project phase includes up to 20 wind generators. They are to start power generation in 2012.
As reported previously by BarentsObserver, a government decision to expand the power transmission grid in northern Norway could open a new era industrial initiatives in the region
