Permit applications were submitted in 2010 for wind turbines at Blodrotberget and Blackfjället in the Municipality of Örnsköldsvik and at Varsvik in the Municipality of Norrtälje. All these sites are on forest land.

The Varsvik project is located alongside the Holmen factory in Hallstavik and is the only on-shore project area designated as being of national interest for wind power in the County of Stockholm. A permit is expected at the end of 2011, construction will begin in 2012 and it is hoped that operation will commence in 2013. Installed wind power capacity is estimated at around 50–60 MW.

HOLMEN AND E.ON signed a contract on jointly developing wind power in the municipality of Örnsköldsvik at the beginning of 2011. The plan is to build 70 wind turbines mainly located on Holmen land. Annual production is estimated at around 330 GWh. The target is for the wind farms to be fully developed by 2015.

HOLMEN AND STATKRAFT have signed a cooperation agreement for wind surveys at five potential wind farms in the Norrköping area. The areas are wholly or partly located on Holmen’s land. The surveys will start in autumn 2011, and decisions on any further cooperation will be made following completion of the wind survey work.