Wind farm Viru-Nigula, Estonia, 24 MW
The wind farm “Viru-Nigula” is located at the northern coast of Estonia, some 125 km east of Tallinn. The distance to the sea border is around 7 km and the height above sea level is around 60 m.
The project development started in 2004 with a wind measurement, the planning- and permission phase was finished in autumn 2005.
The building works started in 2006, since late 2007 the wind farm is in operation. A total number of 8 turbines of type WinWind WWD-3 with a total capacity of 24 MW is connected through its own substation to the national grid.
Main data of the wind farm:
| Projected power output: | 24 MW |
| Number of units: | 8 units of type WinWind WWD-3 with 3 MW |
| Average wind speed: | 6.7 m/s |
| Yearly energy yield: | 59.000.000 kWh/a |
| Investment costs: | 25.600.000 € |
| Specific investment costs: | 1.070.000 €/MW
~0,437 €/kWh |
| Start of operation: |
Start of operation: end of 2005 |
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