Norway reveals plans for Europe's largest onshore wind power project

James Murray
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Statkraft-led consortium unveils plans for giant €1.1bn, 1GW network of wind farms in central Norway

Work is poised to get underway on a giant network of wind farms in central Norway, which was this week hailed as Europe's largest single onshore wind energy project. Statkraft, TrønderEnergi and the...

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