Yttre Stengrund was an offshore wind farm in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic countries, Nordic c ...

, operated by

Vattenfall Vattenfall is a Swedish multinational power company owned by the Swedish State. Beyond Sweden, the company generates power in Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The company's name is Swedish for "waterfall", an ...

. The wind farm was commissioned in 2001, using five 2 MW

NEG Micon NEG Micon was a Danish wind turbine manufacturer. It was formed in 1997 as a result of a merger between Nordtank Energy Group (NEG) and Moerup Industrial Windmill Construction Company (Micon). The company was merged with another Danish wind turb ...

turbines. All turbines in Yttre Stengrund were decommissioned by November 2015, becoming the first offshore wind farm to be decommissioned in the world.

Decommissioning

Maria Hassel, project manager of the dismantling operation for Vattenfall, commented:

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Wind farms in Sweden 2001 establishments in Sweden 2015 disestablishments in Sweden Energy infrastructure completed in 2001 {{Wind-farm-stub