GE Renewable Energy has signed an agreement with Luxcara to supply 137 of its Cypress 5.5MW turbines to the developer’s 753MW Önusberget wind sub-project in northern Sweden, which is part of Europe’s largest onshore wind complex Markbygden.

GE claims that seen as a stand-alone project, Önusberget is the largest single onshore wind farm in Europe, and added the order is also its largest onshore wind farm contract outside the US. Turbine installation is slated to start as early as July of this year.

“We are delighted to have been selected by Luxcara to partner on the largest ever single onshore wind farm to be built in Europe,” GE Renewable Energy chief executive Jérôme Pécresse said.

“The Önusberget wind farm marks our continuous commitment to the Swedish onshore wind market, extends our presence in Europe and confirms the confidence of our customers in Cypress, our most powerful onshore wind platform.”

Phases of Markbygden

Önusberget is a sub-project of the third phase of Europe’s largest onshore wind power complex called Markbygden, and was bought by Luxcara in 2019.

GE had already supplied turbines to the 650MW Markbygden Ett (One) sub-project of the first phase of Markbygden. Once completed, the entire Markbygden complex could have close to 2.8GW in generation capacity.

German OEM Enercon has supplied a great chunk of the other sub-projects of Markbygden’s phase 1 and 2.

GE will deliver the turbines for Önusberget with an ice mitigation system, ensuring a stable level of availability and reduced downtime. The contract comes with a 25-year service agreement.

“We are proud to work with GE to build Europe’s largest onshore wind farm in the resource-rich north of Sweden,” Luxcara managing partner Alexandra von Bernstorff said.

“We were among the first to enter the Nordic wind market back in 2015 and this project re-affirms our position as the region’s largest long-term investor in the sector.”

The Önusberget wind farm with its sub-projects Kallamossen and Djupdal will produce enough power to supply electricity to the equivalent of more than 200,000 Swedish households per year and will save close to 1m tons of CO₂ over its lifetime, GE said.

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GE wins massive turbine order for part of Europe’s biggest onshore wind project