Finnish Construction Company Lands Wind Farm Double

Finnish construction company Keski-Suomen Betonirakenne Oy (KSBR) is to build the infrastructure of two new Finnish wind farms as part of a collaboration with Luxcara and ABO Wind.

The new construction projects will be in Pihtipudas in central Finland and in Sievi in Northern Ostrobothnia.

Both 30MW farms will have 7 turbines each with a total height of approximately 210 metres.

In Pihtipudas, the farm will be installed in the village of Ilosjoki, and in Sievi in Jakostenkallio.

KSBR will be responsible for the design of the wind farms, the construction of the road and platform areas as well as the delivery of the foundations, substation, main transformers and cabling as a turnkey contract.

Luxcara has selected Vestas as the turbine supplier.

The electricity will be sold directly to corporate offtakers, and the parks are built without any government subsidies.

KSBR chief of service Juha Tuominen said: "It’s great that we will have the opportunity to continue our collaboration with valued international operators in the industry which is based on trust."

Luxcara managing director Philip Sander said: "We are happy to cooperate with KSBR also for the construction of our Finnish wind farms Sievi and Pihtipudas, following our good collaboration for the ongoing construction of our wind project Välikangas."