In the White sea will be the first Russian offshore wind farm Bashny.Net

The Republic of Karelia and the Chinese energy company Sinomec signed a cooperation agreement envisaging the construction of the White sea wind power plant with a capacity of 60 MW.The new offshore wind farm with a total value of 9 billion rubles will be built near the Karelian town of Kemi by 2020. Chinese energy company Sinomec will Finance the project jointly with the Russian direct investment Fund, the press service of the head of Republic of Karelia.





According to the head of the Republic Alexander Khudilainen, the project will become a new stage of cooperation between Karelia and China, as well as a positive impact on the image of the region and create new jobs. According to a press release published on the website of the Republic of Karelia, the project involves the employment of 200 employees in the construction phase and about thirty during operation.

"The new project is not only an improvement in energy, it and jobs, and promotion of the image of the Republic. Karelia is the second region after the Ulyanovsk region, where it will run such a project", — said the head Prior to that, the Finnish company Fortum has invested 65 million Euro (about 5 billion rubles) in the construction of the wind farm of 35 MW on the territory of the Ulyanovsk region. However, the Karelian VES will become Russia's first wind farm is due to the coastal winds.





At the moment the field of coastal marine energy leads UK. The country already employs around 3,000 offshore wind turbines and also built the two largest offshore wind farm Triton Knoll and Hornsea Project Two, 900 MW and 1800 MW respectively. By 2020, the country plans to produce 10% of energy consumed by using wind turbines. published by P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©

Source: hightech.fm/2016/12/09/white-sea-project