wpd celebrates 15 years in Finland

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In January 2007, wpd opened its first office in Finland in Espoo. This marked the founding of wpd Finland Oy 15 years ago. In addition to the Swedish subsidiary wpd Scandinavia AB in Stockholm, the internationally active German renewable energy project developer and operator wpd has thus established a second important foothold in Northern Europe.

The commissioning of the first projects in Finland was recorded between 2015 and 2016. A total of 45 wind turbines (WTGs) were built, spread over three projects, all of which are supported by feed-in tariffs. The Kannus Kuuronkallio project with 14 WTGs was wpd’s first market-based investment in Finland. Here, a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) was concluded with Google during 2018. One year later, three PPAs had already... ... More: Official Press Release wpd

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