Neoen powers up 1st turbine at 404-MW wind farm in Finland

French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen SA (EPA:NEOEN) has energised the first turbine at its 404-MW Mutkalampi wind farm in Finland, it announced in a tweet last week.

Mutkalampi, located in Finland’s Central and Northern Ostrobothnia regions, features 69 pieces of Vestas wind turbines.

The wind farm is the largest one in Neoen’s global portfolio, and according to the IPP, will be the largest onshore wind farm in Finland. This title will be short-lived and surpassed by the 455-MW Lestijarvi wind farm that Sweden’s OX2 AB (STO:OX2) will install in Central Ostrobothnia.

There are several corporate power purchase agreements (PPA) in place for Mutkalampi’s production output. Internet giant Google secured the output from a 125-MW portion under a ten-year PPA in 2019. A Dutch alliance between brewer Heineken, technology giant Philips, lighting maker Signify NV and chemicals group Nobian contracted 126 MW, also for ten years.

According to an earlier announcement, the wind farm will be fully operational in the third quarter of 2023.

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