Vikna Wind Farm
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Vikna Wind Farm is located on Husfjellet, just west of Garstad
on the island Mellom-Vikna
in the municipality of Vikna
in Nord-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. The wind farm
consists of three wind turbines, with an installed capacity of 400 kW each, giving a combined average annual production of 7 GWh. The wind farm began operation in 1991 and is owned by Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk
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Garstad
Garstad is a village in the municipality of Vikna in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the island of Mellom-Vikna, about west of Rørvik. Garstad Church is located in this village. Just to the west of the village lies the Vikna Wind Farm....
on the island Mellom-Vikna
Mellom-Vikna
Mellom-Vikna is the smallest of the three major islands in the municipality of Vikna in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is the site of Vikna Wind Farm near Garstad. The island is the middle island of the three main islands, hence it's name which means "middle-Vikna"....
in the municipality of Vikna
Vikna
Vikna is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rørvik. Other villages in Vikna include Austafjord, Garstad, and Valøya.-General information:...
in Nord-Trøndelag
Nord-Trøndelag
is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The wind farm
Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...
consists of three wind turbines, with an installed capacity of 400 kW each, giving a combined average annual production of 7 GWh. The wind farm began operation in 1991 and is owned by Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk
Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk
Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk or NTE is a power company serving Nord-Trøndelag in Norway and owned by Nord-Trøndelag county municipality. NTE is one of the largest producers of electricity in Norway, with an annual production of 3,995 GWh per year...
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