Renewable Energy
and Sweden continue to dominate when it comes to total installed wind power per capita, while the top countries in new installation capacity per capita in 2011 were Sweden with 80.36MW newly Installed Wind Power per Million People, as well as Ireland, Cape Verde, Canada, Denmark, Greece, and Germany. 6 000 new wind turbines are planned over the next 15-20 years in Sweden. Tese are broken down into several hundred wind farms being built in the forests and mountains of Gävleborg, Västernorrland, Västerbotten, Norrbotten and Jämtland. 1 700 wind turbines are planned in Jämtland alone. Gävleborg and Norrbotten have 1 400 turbines marked on the map. One of the largest investments in wind power in the
Nordic region has been announced as recently as June 2012.
As a step towards using only energy from renewable
sources in its global operations, IKEA Group is investing in a new wind farm with 30 wind turbines on Glötesvålen, a mountain in Härjedalen, Sweden. Not only is this one of the largest investments to date in a wind power project in the Nordic countries and one of the largest land-based wind power project’s that work has started on so far in Europe during 2012. Tis new investment will bring the total number of wind turbines owned by IKEA in Sweden to 39. Te new Glötesvålen wind farm is estimated to produce
a total of 220GWh (90MW) a year, equivalent to the annual electricity needs of approximately 48,000 homes. Construction will start this summer and the wind farm is expected to be operational by the end of 2014/beginning of 2015. “At IKEA, we want to take a leading role in the transition to a low-carbon society by only using 100 percent renewable energy in our global operations. By only using wind power in Sweden, it is an exciting and important step toward reaching that goal. We will not only be self-sufficient in electricity in Sweden, generating enough to supply all IKEA buildings and operations in the country, but it will give us opportunities to supply IKEA stores in other countries with wind power,” says Steve Howard, Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA Group. An agreement has been signed with the O2 wind
power company to develop, construct and manage the Glötesvålen wind farm. Johan Ihrfelt, O2’s managing director says
“Trough its investment in Glötesvålen IKEA has chosen to participate in one of the Nordic countries’ most promising wind power projects in terms of the reliability of the meteorological conditions.” ●
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Fig. 1. Sweden’s wind resources, low population density and availability of balancing sources of energy provide great growth potential for further advancement into the wind sector.
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