ScanWind was a
Norwegian manufacturing company that produced
wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that wind power, converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. , hundreds of thousands of list of most powerful wind turbines, large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, were generating over ...
s. In 2009 Scanwind was bought by
General Electric
General Electric Company (GE) was an American Multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in 1892, incorporated in the New York (state), state of New York and headquartered in Boston.
Over the year ...
, and became the base for GE Wind Energy in Norway. The company has its head office in
Trondheim
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and production facilities in
Verdal Municipality, both Norway, as well as engineering division in
Karlstad,
Sweden
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. The company was founded in 1999.
The two models produced by ScanWind are ScanWind 3000 DL with an output of and ScanWind 3500 DL at . These windmills have been installed in the
Hundhammerfjellet wind farm in the old
Nærøy Municipality, owned by NTE.
Manufacturing companies of Norway
Norwegian companies established in 1999
Defunct wind turbine manufacturers
Defunct companies of Norway
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