Kitka Wind Farm | |
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Official name | Parku i Erës Kitkë |
Country | Kosovo |
Location | Kitkë, Kamenica |
Coordinates | 42°39′21″N21°39′59″E / 42.65583°N 21.66639°E |
Status | Operational |
Commission date | 2018 |
Construction cost | EUR 73 million |
Wind farm | |
Type | Onshore |
Hub height | 110 m |
Rotor diameter | 137 m |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 27 x 3.8 MW |
Make and model | General Electric Energy 3.6-137 |
Nameplate capacity | 32.4 MW |
Annual net output | 95.6 GW·h |
The Kitka Wind Farm is the first wind farm in Kosovo. [1] It has a nameplate capacity of 32.4 MW and it is estimated to have a total annual output of electricity of 95.6 GWh and supplies enough clean energy to power 10,000 households. [2] The project got commissioned in October 2018. [2]
The Kitka Wind Farm has 9 units of GE 3.6-137 turbines, each with 3.6 MW nameplate capacity from the supplier, GE Renewable Energy.
Kosovo’s power transmission system operator KOSTT said it has signed a connection agreement for a 20 MW expansion of the Kitka wind farm. [3]
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