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Statkraft has expanded its renewable vitality portfolio with the acquisition of two key corporations. Njordr Offshore Wind AB focuses on offshore wind energy, whereas Svevind Nordic AB focuses on onshore wind energy growth.
Svevind Nordic has 16 extremely expert professionals with experience in onshore wind energy venture growth. The acquisition contains their venture pipeline, primarily situated in electrical energy pricing zones SE1 and SE2, providing a cumulative potential capability exceeding 16,000 MW. Amongst these tasks, Hästliden, with a capability of 600 MW, is at present within the technique of acquiring approvals from the Swedish authorities, and integration into Statkraft’s operations is deliberate.
Njordr Offshore Wind, a collaborative effort between Njordr and Vindkraft Värmland, has a set of nascent offshore wind energy tasks.
The portfolio contains 9 tasks located in numerous areas, such because the Swedish part of the Western Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Bothnian Sea, and the Gulf of Bothnia. These tasks collectively have a possible capability of round 21,000 MW, and they’re projected to generate over 80 TWh yearly.
Consistent with Statkraft’s wind energy growth technique, the corporate has bold plans for substantial investments in offshore wind energy in Sweden within the close to future. The method of incorporating Svevind Nordic and Njordr Offshore Wind into Statkraft’s operations has began. The Svevind model will proceed for Svevind Group’s actions past Sweden. Nonetheless, Njordr Group’s onshore wind and solar energy operations in Sweden, Norway, and Finland usually are not a part of this transaction.
Talking concerning the growth, Anders Hærland, chairman of the board of Njordr, stated “Njordr Offshore Wind has been a pioneer inside offshore wind in Sweden, establishing a powerful venture staff and a major venture pipeline by using the venture origination experience of Vindkraft Värmland. This transaction validates Njordr’s technique and the way we’re in a position to realise important worth from taking early positions.”
“The Nordic nations to a big extent kind a typical vitality market. With an estimated want for a doubling of the electrical energy provide by 2045, Sweden is of specific curiosity to us. It suits nicely with our strategic ambition to develop inside offshore wind with an ambition to have 10 GW in operation in Europe by 2040. This deal includes a sexy portfolio which supplies Statkraft the chance to contribute to delivering extra renewable vitality to Sweden, one in every of our focus markets”, added David Flood, Senior Vice President Offshore Wind at Statkraft.
“We’re tremendously pleased to have the ability to strengthen our operations with a bunch of extraordinarily competent workers who, along with the venture portfolio, will make an necessary contribution to our ambitions to develop in onshore wind energy and never least to the economic growth in Northern Sweden,” famous Jakob Norström, CEO of Statkraft Sweden.
“We’re very proud that our Swedish staff, with its distinctive experience and expertise gained through the years, will assist such an necessary vitality firm as Statkraft sooner or later. In Statkraft, Svevind Nordic will get a powerful proprietor who can proceed the necessary work now we have achieved and progress the venture pipeline whereas offering for a continued optimistic work setting for the staff,” noticed Wolfgang Kropp, founder and CEO of SVEVIND Power Group. He additional added, “Even when the profession paths of long-time companions and colleagues half methods at present, it feels proper and helpful for all events.”
