BloombergNEF highlights advantages of alternative wind turbine towers
Wooden wind turbine towers are easy to transport and assemble, in addition to having low embedded emissions and stable raw material prices. This can be read in a recently published report by BloombergNEF on how the material demand of wind power can be lowered. ”Modvion enables carbon neutral wind power, while lowering costs and simplifying […]
Wooden tower set to reduce carbon dioxide footprint from future wind turbines
Vattenfall and Modvion have entered into collaboration on using wooden towers for onshore wind turbines, a venture expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in manufacturing by at least 25 percent. Vattenfall will be assessing Modvion’s wooden tower for potential use in future wind farms. ”During their life cycles, Vattenfall’s wind turbines already have very low […]
Modvion Awarded Multimillion-Euro EU Grant for Wooden Wind Turbine Towers
Gothenburg-based engineering and industrial design company Modvion has been granted funding of SEK 69 million from the EU EIC Accelerator programme. The company develops wooden wind turbine towers and, among other things, the money will be used to build the first commercial wooden turbine tower. The European Commission specifically highlighted the contribution that Modvion’s technology […]
The first wooden wind power tower has been erected in Sweden
Sweden’s first wooden wind tower is now ready on Björkö outside Gothenburg. The tower is 30 meters high and was erected by the development company Modvion on Tuesday. The wood construction is as strong as steel and makes the wind turbine climate neutral from the start. As early as 2022, the first wooden towers will […]
Rabbalshede Kraft and Modvion enters new collaboration
Rabbalshede Kraft, a leading wind project developer in the Nordics, has signed a letter of intent regarding 10 of Modvion’s modular wind power towers made of laminated wood, for their planned wind farm in Fägremo, Töreboda municipality. Given a successful collaboration, Modvion could potentially deliver towers to Rabbbalshede kraft to an estimated value of SEK […]
Varberg Energi and Modvion in cooperation for next generation of wind energy
The world’s tallest wooden structure and the most environmentally friendly source of energy can be the result of the letter of intent that has been signed between Varberg Energi and Modvion. Varberg Energi intends to buy Modvion’s first commercial scale wind turbine tower, 150 m in total height with a 110 m high, modular tower […]
