Wind farm pilot project to be started in the Ore Mountains
Federal Environment Minister Jürgen Trittin signed the contract for the new German-Czech environmental protection pilot project "Wind farm Rusová" in Berlin today. The Federal Environment Ministry will contribute to its funding with an investment grant of up to 2 million euro.
The Czech enterprise "green lines s.r.o." will set up and operate three wind turbines near Rusová on the Czech side of the Ore Mountains. They will be the first turbines with a rated power output exceeding 2 MW to be erected in the Czech Republic. The wind power plants will be equipped with advanced ice sensors to optimize operation and minimize hazards during harsh winter weather conditions. In order to improve safe operation at night an optimized obstacle lighting system will be installed so that the highest point of the rotor blades is lit. In addition, noise emissions will be minimal.
Federal Environment Minister Jürgen Trittin commented: "The project will have beneficial effects on the environment that go beyond national borders. This wind farm will cut carbon dioxide emissions in the Czech Republic alone by more than 10,000 tonnes per year.
The legal framework conditions for the expansion of renewable energies have been improved in the Czech Republic, too. Recently parliament passed a law governing the fees paid for wind power electricity fed into the grid based on the model of the German Renewable Energy Sources Act (Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz - EEG).
The project "Wind farm Rusová" is one of the 12 joint environmental protection pilot projects that Germany and the Czech Republic have concluded so far. In September last year the wind farm "Loucna/Wiesenthal", which was also established with German support, took up operation.
More information:
- <dokl:35805>Construction of a wind farm with three installations - Windpark Rusová</dokl>
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