Puutionsaari, Haapavesi

Current information about Puutionsaari Wind farm

Project area of Puutionsaari wind farm is located in Northern Ostrobothnia, in the municipality of Haapavesi. It is situated around eleven kilometres to west from the centre of Haapavesi. Wind farm is planned in approximately 3300 hectares area pointed in Northern Ostrobothnia’s 3rd phase regional land use plan.

Project area consists of at most 43-49 wind turbines with total generation capacity of at least 300 MW. It is planned to use Fingrid’s Uusnivala substation as a grid connection point.

Wind power local master plan and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) will be executed as a joint procedure.

News

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED – an opportunity to meet and discuss

Press / 10.10.2019

The municipality of Haapavesi has invited VSB to be part of a public meeting on 16th October. We and other wind farm developers will be available for you to learn about the benefits and the process. All other details are to be found on the flyer – which you can download by clicking the link.

Project information

Commencement of construction	2024-
Commencement of production	2027
Quantity of turbines	49
Total Capacity	Minimum of 300 MW

Time schedule

2016	Commencement of wind farm planning
2016	Zoning agreement with municipality of Haapavesi
2017	Nature and environmental surveys
2018	Approval of Northern Ostrobothnia’s 3rd phase regional land use plan
2019	Nature and environmental surveys
2019–2021	Local master plan and environmental impact assessment (EIA)
2021–2022	Transmission line general design and environmental impact assessment (EIA)
2023	Building permits
2024	Commencement of construction
2027	Commercial commissioning of wind farm

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Further information

Municipality of Haapavesi