BayWa r.e. sells 62 MW Furuby wind farm in Sweden to ERG

The Furuby wind farm is located in the south of Sweden and will consist of 10 Siemens Gamesa 5.X turbines with a tip height of 220 meters. Siemens Gamesa will also be responsible for service and maintenance of the wind farm for the next 25 years. The project will enter construction within the next month.

“We’re delighted to finalise the sale of the Furuby wind farm to ERG, who like us, has electricity production from renewable and sustainable sources at the heart of their business. We are looking forward to building on this new relationship with ERG and working with them to drive forward the energy transition in Europe”, said Håkan Wallin, CEO, BayWa r.e. Nordic AB. 

“This success for BayWa r.e. also underlines the great opportunity for developers and investors in the growing Swedish wind market, which has become a key destination for renewable energy”, added Lorenzo Palombi, Director of Wind Projects EMEA at BayWa r.e.

BayWa r.e. expects to complete commissioning of the Furuby wind farm at the end of 2022. Furuby will have an annual production of 210 GWh. This is equivalent to the annual consumption of 27,100 average households in Sweden, which are commonly electric heated. In comparison to a modern gas plant, it will save 88,620 tons of CO₂ emissions each year.