Enefit Green’s 43MW Šilale 2 wind farm in Lithuania will start producing green electricity in the next four months, the developer has announced.
The wind farm (pictured) will provide 160GWh of green electricity each year.
Each of its 12 turbines is 200 metres high and production capacity of 3.6MW.
Today a cornerstone is laid on the farm’s last foundation and turbine assembly is about to begin.
According to Enfit, Šilale II will be first of the company’s new wind farms to start producing electricity.
Chairman Aavo Kärmas said: “Building new wind and solar parks is the main long-term solution to the current energy crisis.
“Enefit Green is a long-time renewable energy producer in Lithuania and is currently building two new wind farms there/here with one more investment decision in preparation.
“It is critically important to add renewable energy to the market fast and Šilale II is on track to start production in the end of this year.”
The construction of Šilale II wind farm started last September.
Currently 11 of the 12 turbine foundations have been laid, the crane pads are ready and two cranes to build up the turbines have been brought to the site.
The towers and blades will start arriving to the site and the turbine assembly is about to start.
Šilale II wind farm is planned to start producing electricity in November. After that there will be a few months of testing and fine tuning the system.
The project will be fully completed by February 2023.
Enefit Green is currently building four new wind farms in Finland, Estonia and two in Lithuania.
The second Lithuanian renewable energy power station – the 75MW Akmene wind farm is planned to be completed by the end of 2023.