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February 15, 2024

Thought plywood was an Ikea thing? This startup is using it to build wind turbines

Swedish startup Modvion has just delivered its first 105m tall wind turbine tower — made out of plywood


Mimi Billing

5 min read

Large wind farms are now a familiar sight all over Europe — but in the future, some might look subtly different, at least if Swedish startup Modvion has its way.

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Picture of the founders of wood wind power startup Modvion
Modvion founders: Otto Lundman and David Olivegren
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The top of a wind turbine
Modvion's first commercial tower was handed over to Varberg Energi earlier this week.
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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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