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Wind Power News: Sweden
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Swedish wind turbine collapses days after wind farm inauguration
A single wind turbine at a 114-turbine wind farm in Sweden has collapsed only days after the wind farm was inaugurated. The 475MW Nysäter wind farm was inaugurated and connected to the local grid on July 9, around 400 kilometres north of Stockholm, which is expected to generate enough electricity to cover the annual needs of more than 300,000 households. Developed by RWE Renewables Sweden, which took the project over in 2011 from the original developer SCA, the Nysäter wind . . . Complete story »
Vindkraftverk på Hästkullen har rasat ihop [Wind turbine collapses]
Vid klockan 12 på lördagen rasade ett vindkraftverk i den omtalade vindkraftsparken i Viksjö utanför Härnösand. Ingen person kom till skada och vindkraftparken kommer att hållas stängd tills att ett haveriteam undersökt vindkraftverket. – Vi ställer oss också frågan hur det här kunde ske. Vi hoppas att utredningen kan ta reda på det, säger Per Nordlund, styrelseledamot och rådgivare på Nysäter Wind. Ett 220 meter högt vindkraftverk med en navhöjd på 145 meter gick av på mitten och rasade ner . . . Complete story »
220-meter-high wind turbine falls apart and collapses in Sweden
A 220-meter-high wind turbine collapsed and crashed into the forest in the Viksjö wind farm outside Sundsvall on Saturday. No one was injured, but the wind farm will stray closed until an expert accident team investigates the accident site, SVT writes. It is suspected that oil has leaked from the wind turbine, and people are asked to stay away. The investigation of the accident will start on Monday. The wind turbine was 220 meters high. Complete story »
Vindkraft i kris – kommuner ska få ”incitament” att bygga
[Wind energy in crisis – Noise, unstable electricity, depreciation of people’s housing and destruction of nature are just some of the arguments that have stopped several wind farms in recent times. In 2021, 32 of 42 current land-based wind power projects were stopped, according to a new report from the lobby organization Swedish Wind Energy. New statistics ordered by the Swedish Energy Agency are similar. Since 2014, about half of the wind power applications have been approved, but by 2020 it . . . Complete story »
Kim har kedjat fast sig i nedgrävda bilen: ”Trötta på vindkraftexploateringen”
[Kim Hultgren has chained himself inside the buried car: “Tired of wind power exploitation”] Vindkraftsbygget ”Twin Peaks” i Sollefteå kommun har upprört ortsbor så till den grad att en grupp aktivister nu demonstrerar mot bygget. Bland annat har man grävt ner en bil mitt i grusvägen och gjutit betong runt den för att den ska sitta fast i vägen. Redan under söndagen inleddes demonstrationen mot vindkraftsbygget Twin Peaks i Sollefteå. I ett pressmeddelande skriver aktivisterna att ”ett antal engagerade medborgare . . . Complete story »
Vindkraftsbygge möter på protester – kedjar fast sig i bil
[Wind energy construction meets with protests – In Sollefteå, the Twin Peaks project has generated anything but positive reactions among the residents. Among other things, a car has been immersed in cement to make access more difficult and a person has been chained to it.] I Sollefteå har vindkraftsbygget Twin Peaks genererat allt annat än positiva reaktioner bland de boende. Bland annat har man sänkt ned en bil i cement för att försvåra framkomligheten och i denna har en person kedjat . . . Complete story »
‘Green industry wants to take our land’: the Arctic paradox
The stove gurgles as Sofia Olsson puts a chunk of wood into the fire, lifts the kettle and offers mugs of tea and grainy camp coffee to the small group reclining on reindeer skins around her. In the taiga forest and frozen marsh outside their snow-covered Swedish military tent, it’s -12C (10.4F). Last night, it was near -20C (-4F). But inside, it’s surprisingly comfortable. Olsson and her fellow activists Jakob Bowers and Lan Pham have been here in the hamlet . . . Complete story »
Sweden to stop local governments blocking wind parks in final stages
Sweden’s government has proposed a new law which will remove local municipalities’ power to block wind parks in the final stages of the planning process, as part of a four-point plan to speed up the expansion of wind power. “We are doing this to meet the increased need for electricity which is going to come as a result of our green industrial revolution,” Strandhäll said at a press conference. “It is important to strengthen Sweden by rapidly breaking our dependence . . . Complete story »
Chinese wind farm investments stoke concerns in Sweden
STOCKHOLM – A political scrap is brewing in Sweden over a key ingredient in the country’s effort to shift away from fossil fuels: Chinese money. It’s all about the hundreds of millions of euros being plowed into Swedish wind farms by Chinese state-owned China General Nuclear Power Group, or CGN, with opposition lawmakers fearing the security consequences of allowing Beijing a foothold in Sweden’s future energy production. Through questions in parliament and a steady drumbeat of statements to the media over . . . Complete story »
Wind reliance could hamper Sweden’s winter power supplies
The rising share of intermittent wind power in Europe’s energy supplies and grid constraints could make it harder for Sweden to source power imports at peak demand times in winter, grid company Svenska kraftnaet said on Monday. Sweden may need to import up to 1,600 megawatts (MW) of electricity to cover peak consumption during a normal winter, roughly 6% of last winter’s peak demand of 25,500 MW, the transmission system operator (TSO) said in an annual review. This projection was little . . . Complete story »
