The facility will comprise up to 40 wind turbines and generate around 240 GWh of electricity, according to Vattenfall. The wind farm will be the utility's biggest-ever investment in land-based wind power, the company says.

Construction of the project will begin in the coming months with the project expected to come online next year, Vattenfall says.

“The decision to build the Stor-Rotliden wind farm is an important step in developing more renewable energy in Sweden”, says Anders Dahl, manager at Vattenfall Windpower.

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