Vattenfall, Sweden’s state-owned power company, is set to open its Blakliden Fäbodberget onshore wind farm in the municipalities of Sele and Lycksele. Vattenfall owns a 30 per cent stake in the 353 MW wind farm, which is jointly owned by Vattenfall, Vestas, and AIP Management. The facility is equipped with 84 wind turbines and has the capacity to generate 1 tWh of clean energy, enough to power almost 220,000 homes in the area.
An inauguration ceremony for Blakliden Fäbodberget will be held on May 23, 2022 and attended by representatives from Vattenfall, Vestas, AIP Management, Åsele and Lycksele municipalities, as well as local entrepreneurs. The wind farm is a composite of the Blakliden and Fäbodberget wind projects, which were legally approved in 2015 and 2016 respectively.
In February 2022, Vattenfall announced that its proposed 1.8 GW Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm received planning approval from the UK government. When fully operational, Norfolk Vanguard and Norfolk Boreas would produce up to 3.6 GW of renewable energy. The two projects would also help the UK government meet its goal of installing 40 GW of offshore wind by 2030.
