Europe's largest onshore wind power project will be built in Norway, the companies involved in the six wind farms' development announced Tuesday.



Renewable energy company Statkraft - which is owned by the Norwegian state - announced that it would collaborate with TrønderEnergi and Nordic Wind Power DA to build six sites with a capacity to generate 1,000 megawatts (MW).

Approximately 1.1 billion euros ($1.21 billion) will be invested in the project, with construction beginning in the second quarter of the year.

"This is an important day," Christian Rynning-Tønnesen, chief executive and president of Statkraft, said in a news release.