Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) will supply three onshore wind farms in Norway, projects which will power data centres for tech giant Facebook.

Under the deal, with an undisclosed value, SGRE is will supply 4.2MW SWT-DD-130 turbines to three projects located in the Bjerkreim and Ha municipalities, around 50km south-east of Stavanger.

The installation of the 76MW Skinansfjellet project, the 63MW Gravdal wind farm and the 155MW Eikeland-Steinsland project – a combined rating of 294MW and collectively known as the Bjerkreim cluster – will start in spring 2019 with completion planned for autumn 2019.

Construction services including groundwork and foundations are going to be commissioned by local companies.

A 25-year full service agreement with a yield based availability warranty secures the long term performance of the wind farms. A technician team will be recruited locally to service and maintain the projects over their lifetime, SGRE said.

Owner and long-term operator of the wind farm trio is Hamburg-based Luxcara, an asset manager for renewable energy investments for institutional investors.

Vattenfall is due to supply wind integration and balancing services for the power generated from the three projects at the Bjerkreim cluster.

The projects are the largest European renewable project to date for Facebook. Vince Van Son, Facebook commercial director for energy and infrastructure, said: “These projects will add wind energy to the Nordic grid providing a 100% renewable solution to our data center campuses.”

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Siemens Gamesa to supply 294MW of wind farms in Norway