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Lillgrund Wind Farm is located about 10 km off the coast of southern Sweden, just south of the Öresund Bridge, where average wind speeds are . With 48 
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( Siemens SWT-2.3-93) and a capacity of 110 
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(MW), Lillgrund is Sweden's largest offshore
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. It was designed to meet the domestic electricity demand of more than 60,000 homes. The farm's turbines have a rotor diameter of 93 metres and a total height of 115 metres. A 2016 study found no significant effect on marine life. The music video for "Peroxide" by British-Swedish singer
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was filmed at Lillgrund Wind Farm in January, 2020.


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List of offshore wind farms in Sweden This is a list of operational, offshore wind farms in Sweden (within the national maritime boundaries). This information is gathered from multiple Internet sources, is a Nordic countries, Nordic c ... ...
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List of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea This is a complete list of operational, offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea and connected areas such as Kattegat and Danish straits. This information is gathered from multiple Internet sources,Steve Kopits and Adam WestwoodOffshore Wind: Time ...
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List of large wind farms This is a list of the largest onshore wind farms that are currently operational, rated by generating capacity. Also listed are onshore wind farms with notability other than size, and largest proposed projects. Largest operational onshore wind ...
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List of wind farms in Sweden A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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List of offshore wind farms This article lists the largest offshore wind farms that are currently operational rated by nameplate capacity. It also lists the largest offshore wind farms currently under construction, the largest proposed offshore wind farms, and offshore w ...


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Images from Lillgrund Wind FarmLORC Knowledge - Datasheet for Lillgrund Offshore Wind Farm
Wind farms in Sweden Offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea Vattenfall wind farms Buildings and structures in the Øresund Region Energy infrastructure completed in 2008 2008 establishments in Sweden {{Sweden-struct-stub