Vattenfall sells 65MW small Danish wind firms to Green Power

Swedish power group Vattenfall has sold a few of its smaller wind farms with a total capacity of 65MW, located in Jutland, Denmark to Green Power Partners for an undisclosed amount.

Under the deal, Vattenfall, known to be Denmark’s largest operator and owner of onshore wind farms has sold 88 older turbines from 19 of its wind farms.

The company said that it had made this move to put more focus on large onshore and offshore wind power projects.

Vattenfall wind business unit generation head Martin Reinholdsson said: "The size of these wind farms does not match Vattenfall’s strategic direction, which is why we decided to sell them.

"We can now concentrate on further developing and strengthening our position in Denmark in the sector of large-scale onshore and offshore wind power."

Vattenfall has invested Denmark’s both onshore and offshore wind power. The company’s Klim wind farm in North-West Jutland is nearing completion, where 22 new and efficient turbines will replace 35 older turbines.

The investment in Klim expects to make it the country’s largest onshore wind farm in terms of output.

Vattenfall is also undertaking a plan to develop a 400MW Horns Rev 3 wind farm off Jutland’s west coast.

The company has been selected among the candidates, pre-qualified for placing a bid for Denmark’s largest offshore wind power project , which has a production capacity of 600MW, located in Kriegers Flak.

Last July, Vattenfall has built a wind farm in UK with an investment of around £90m.

The new farms are expected to produce more than 54MW of power, which will supply electricity to over 30,000 UK households annually.