Three projects on wind farm expected here

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In 2014, some realization might occur within three wind farm projects in the nation, informs the Mongolian Wind Energy Association. One of them is Aydiner Global LLC of Turkey, who is planning to implement Choir wind farm project in central Gobisumber province. The wind farm will have a capacity of 50 MW and use Vestas 2 MW wind turbines. The Contractor is planning to finance 50%-70% of the project investments estimated at 95 million USD from bank loans, and to put the wind farm into service in 2016. The wind farm is expected to annually give electricity of 137 million KW to the central region via transmission link. Another project of Sainshand Wind Farm is scheduled to go online late 2015 to produce 190 GW hours of electricity a year. Well known for its rich underground deposits of coal, copper and gold, Mongolia’s sun-parched, wind-raked Gobi desert also has considerable potential for renewable energy. Ferrostaal Industrial Projects GmbH, a German industrial services company, will take a major stake in this 52 megawatt wind farm project planned for a remote city in Mongolia’s Gobi. Mongolia anticipates that by 2020, a fifth of its energy will come from wind power. Last year, Mongolia opened its first wind farm, a 50 megawatt facility at Salkhit, located 70 kilometers south of Ulaanbaatar.