Eesti Energia to Lay Cornerstone for Aulepa Wind Farm in Laane County
Posted on: Tuesday, 13 May 2008, 06:00 CDT
Eesti Energia, engaged in the production, sale and transmission of electric and thermal power, has announced that it will lay a cornerstone for Aulepa Wind Farm in Noarootsi rural municipality in Laane County, Estonia.
The capacity of the Aulepa Wind Farm will be 39MW and 13 windmills of Finnish manufacturer WindWind will be set up to this end. The annual production of the wind farm (more than 100GWh) will cover 1.3% of the final consumption of electricity in Estonia and this will prevent emission of approximately 120,000 tons of CO2.
The total cost of the Aulepa Wind Farm is nearly EEK900 million and it is being financed from Eesti Energia's own resources. The wind farm in the Baltic States will be completed in 2009.
Ando Leppiman, director of the unit for renewable energy at Eesti Energia, said: "The development of Aulepa Wind Farm is an important step in the implementation of the production strategy of the Eesti Energia Group. On the background of increasingly tightening environmental requirements, we wish to offer our customers high quality energy generated from several sources of energy, and reduce the environmental impact of the energy sector."
Source: Datamonitor
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