Skellefteå Kraft

Skellefteå Kraft is a municipality-owned power company in Sweden. The company was established in 1908. It operates in Skellefteå, Lycksele, Storuman and Sundsvall in Sweden, and in Jakobstad in Finland. The company owns a number of hydroelectric power stations as also stakes in the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant and Alholmens Kraft Power Station. In cooperation with Fortum, the company develops the Blaiken wind farm.[1][2][3]

Skellefteå Kraft
municipality owned
Industrypower industry
Founded1906
Headquarters
Skellefteå
,
Sweden
Area served
Sweden
Finland
Key people
Joachim Nordin (CEO)
Productselectric power
Serviceselectricity distribution
OwnerSkellefteå Municipality
SubsidiariesSkellefteå Kraft Elnät
Websitewww.skekraft.se
Offices of Skellefteå Kraft

The company also operates several regional and local power distribution networks and owns a wood pellets production plant. Together with the technology company Outotec it has established a bio energy power plants technology company GreenExergy AB.[4]

References
  1. Backwell, Ben (2010-08-31). "Fortum takes 40% stake in giant Swedish wind project". ReCharge. NHST Media Group. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  2. "Fortum to partner in one of Europe's biggest onshore wind farm projects with 40% holding" (Press release). Fortum. 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  3. "Fortum Buys 40% Stake In Blaiken Wind Power Project". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones Newswires. 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
  4. "Outotec inks bio energy power JV with Skelleftea Kraft". SteelGuru. 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2010-08-31.


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