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E.ON invests in Swedish wind power
German utility will spend 65 million dollar on new wind turbines.
• GE looking for Swedish wind power suppliers
• Sweden plans tenfold wind energy increase
E.ON, an energy corporation based in Düsseldorf, plans large investments in Swedish wind power projects, business daily Dagens Industri said Tuesday.
The German utility will spend 500 million kronor ($65.1 million) on wind turbines located near Gothenburg, Helsingborg and Nybro. Its part if the companies 58 billion-krona investment program that runs over seven years.
The program includes investments in both renewable energy and in the companies Swedish nuclear power reactors, Jonas Abrahamsson, head of E.ON’s Nordic unit, told the newspaper.
In March General Electrics, the multinational American technology and services conglomerate, said it would invest 50 million euro in Swedish wind power. It’s part of a massive 340-million-euro expansion plan across Europe.
In Sweden GE will expand its current offshore wind facilities. The firm plan to develop a Conceptual and Systems Design Center in Karlstad, build a technology demonstration unit in Gothenburg harbor and join the Chalmers Wind Energy Center in Gothenburg.
Last Updated (Tuesday, 06 July 2010 15:26)










