Smøla Wind Farm

Wind farm in Norway

63°24.42′N 7°55.44′E / 63.40700°N 7.92400°E / 63.40700; 7.92400StatusOperationalCommission dateSeptember 5, 2002 (2002-09-05)Owner(s)StatkraftSite area18 km²Power generation Units operational68Nameplate capacity150 MWCapacity factor34.2%Annual net output450 GW·hExternal linksCommonsRelated media on Commons

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Smøla Wind Farm (Smøla vindpark) is a 68-turbine wind farm located in Smøla Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The farm is located southeast of the village of Dyrnes on the island of Smøla. It is operated by Statkraft and covers an area of 18 square kilometres (6.9 sq mi).^[1]

Total installed effect is 20 x 2.0 MW (phase one) plus 48 x 2.3 MW (phase two). The maximum production capacity is 150 MW and total generating capacity is in average 450 GWh per year, making Smøla one of the largest wind farms in the country.^[2]

The first stage was opened by King Harald V of Norway on 5 September 2002. Phase two opened in September 2005.^{[citation needed]}

In 2020, the Smøla Wind Farm was the site of an experiment that showed that painting one blade of a wind turbine a darker color reduces bird deaths by 70%, which could help reduce concerns about bird deaths from wind turbines.^[3]

References

^ Knut A Rosvold. "Smøla vindpark". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
^ Statkraft. "Smøla vindpark" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
^ "Black turbine blade 'can cut bird deaths'". BBC News. 26 August 2020.