Timber! | Forestry giant Stora Enso joins Modvion to 'push boundaries' of wooden wind towers
Vestas-backed technology start-up signs letter of intent with Finnish global wood group over potential collaboration
Swedish start-up Modvion unveiled Stora Enso – one of the world’s largest timber groups – as its latest partner in its quest to establish wooden turbine towers as a sustainable option for future wind farm developments.
Finland-based Stora Enso, also one of the planet’s biggest private forest owners, signed a letter of intent with Modvion to look at ways they can jointly “push boundaries and demonstrate the possibilities with wood”.
Stora Enso is a major supplier of laminated veneer lumber, the material used by Modvion to build the modular, lightweight, easy-to-transport towers it hopes will be a viable alternative to steel and shift the wind industry further towards a 100%-sustainable model.
Otto Lundman, CEO of Modvion, said: “To solve the climate crisis, we need more renewable energy as well as increased use of sustainable, wooden constructions. Together with Stora Enso we can enable both.”
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