Owned by a collection of Swedish utilities and investors,and located in the largest lake in the EuropeanUnion, the 30MW Vänern project was commissioned in 2010.

Moventas was called in earlier this year to address mountingproduction losses at the project, and the Finnish gearbox specialist began a 13-week repairoperation in June under challenging weather conditions.  

WinWind, the Finnish wind-turbine maker, is understood tohave struggled to live up to its service obligations given its troubledfinancial state.