Pooling their resources and expertise the joint venture will build on Tornator’s strong local expertise and networks and Nordisk Vindkraft will contribute technical, engineering and commercial expertise to the projects’ development. The initial portfolio comprises six projects with a potential of around 200 wind turbines, located mainly on Tornator’s land.

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Nordisk Vindkraft and Tornator sign joint venture agreement for wind power in Finland

Dec 22, 2014. /Lesprom Network/. Pooling their resources and expertise the joint venture will build on Tornator’s strong local expertise and networks and Nordisk Vindkraft will contribute technical, engineering and commercial expertise to the projects’ development. The initial portfolio comprises six projects with a potential of around 200 wind turbines, located mainly on Tornator’s land, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

Arto J. Huurinainen, CEO at Tornator, added: "As a responsible forest land owner we have been looking for a partner who is not only an expert in technical wind farm planning but also shares our values of respecting environmental issues and having open interaction with local stakeholders. Nordisk Vindkraft fulfils all the requirements and we are pleased that Tornator has been chosen as a Finnish partner for such a big and expertized international actor."

Tornator Oyj is an internationally respected Finnish company which owns about 600,000 hectares of forest land in Finland. Tornator’s core business is wood production and the sale of cutting rights. Besides the head office in Imatra there are 12 regional offices around Finland, and subsidiaries in Estonia and Romania.