Village from diesel to wind
A 90 kW windmill is installed in the village of Dolgoschelye in the northern part of Arkhangelsk region.
The 700 inhabitants of the fishing village on the coast of the White Sea were totally dependent on four diesel generators for electricity production. In late November, the new windmill was installed with the help of a loan disbursed from the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO).
-This windmill will enable the local community to reduce its dependence on diesel fuel and provide clean energy for the village’s school, kindergarten, library and health centre, to mention a few examples. The project has, in other words, been both environmentally and socially beneficial, says NEFCO’s Senior Manager, Elisabet Paulig-Tönnes.
The windmill is also good news for the local economy. The four diesel generators required up 250 tonnes of fuel at an annual cost of €120,000, according to a news release posted at NEFCO’s website.
-We hope that this investment will stimulate similar clean energy projects in other remote municipalities in the Arkhangelsk region, says Anna Kulikovskaya, an energy engineer with the Arkhangelsk Oblast Energy Efficicency Center.
The Dolgoschelye windmill project will reduce the release of carbon dioxide by some 204 tonnes per year.
