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19.03.2017

NEW WIND ADDITIONS IN KHERSON REGION

The Danish company Vestas is to deliver 12 turbines totalling 41.4MW to Vindkraft Tavriya LLC for the Novotroitska wind farm located in Novotroitsk district. Delivery and commissioning of V126 3.45MW machines are planned for the third quarter of 2017. The deal also includes a VestasOnline® Business SCADA solution.

As previously reported, the Group of companies Vindkraft plans to build two wind farms - Novotroitska and Overyanivska with a total installed capacity of 140 MW in the Kherson region by the end of 2018 (http://uwea.com.ua/ru/news/entry/ukrgazbank-nachal-finansirovanie-stroitelstva-novotroickoj-ves-na-hersonsch/).

“We are pleased to continue our partnership with Vestas and we highly appreciate Vestas’ technology, experience and operational excellence and are looking forward to the successful completion of the Novotroitsk wind power plant, states Carl Sturen, President of the Group of companies Vindkraft.

“Wind power can help to meet the main challenge facing power sector in Ukraine, in particular, to ensure reliable, secure and economically profitable energy supply. Moreover, modern wind technologies are the main instrument for Ukraine to fulfil its obligations assumed under the Energy Community Treaty and Paris Agreement”, notes Andriy Konechenkov, UWEA Chairman and Vice President of WWEA. 

Vindkraft Ukraina LLC is a Ukrainian based wind power development and investment company. It has 31 MW of wind power assets in operation in Kherson region including Novorossisk WPP, Berehova WPP and Stavki WPP.