Developer thinks big in the Arctic

Norwegian wind plant developer Norsk Miljøkraft has applied to Norway's department of water resources and energy for permission to build a wind power station of 106, 1.5-2 MW turbines with a capacity of 160 MW at Kvitfjell on Kvaløy in the Arctic Norwegian province of Troms. Estimated costs are NOK 1.3 billion. Norsk Miljøkraft is also behind an application for 26 turbines at Havøya, Måsøy, in the adjacent province of Finnmark. The cut-off deadline for the current round of state subsidies is December 1.