The Polotsk HPP will be launched in 2017, the Vitebsk HPP – in 2018.
Two
of Belarus's largest hydroelectric power plants will be commissioned by 2019,
BELTA was informed by the press service of the Ministry of Energy. The Polotsk
HPP with a capacity of 21.7 MW is planned to be put into operation in 2017, and
the Vitebsk HPP with a capacity of 40 MW in 2018. Currently, the Grodno HPP
with a capacity of 17 MW, commissioned under the state program for the
construction of hydroelectric power plants in 2011-2015, remains the largest in
the country. In wind energy, one of the main projects remains the construction
of a wind farm in the Novogrudok district of the Grodno region.
"The
construction of five wind power units with a capacity of 1.5 MW each and a 110 kV
substation "Vetropark" is underway in accordance with the schedule. It is
planned that all work will be completed by the end of May 2016," the press
service noted. The equipment for the wind farm was delivered by the Chinese
company HEAG. The design and estimate documentation was developed by RUE
"Belenergosetproekt", and the construction and installation work is carried
out by OJSC "Beleskctromontazhnladka".