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Friday, 29.03.2024, 11:34
Experimental floating solar plant to be built at Lithuania's Kruonis hydro power plant
Lietuvos Energijos Gamyba (Lithuanian
Energy Production, or LEG), the
electricity production arm of the state-owned energy group Lietuvos Energija (Lithuanian
Energy), plans to carry out the demo project jointly with researchers
from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU).
The project
is estimated to cost almost 380,000 euros, of which 240,000 euros are expected
to be provided by the EU. The experimental plant with a capacity of around 60
kilowatts (kW) is to planned to be installed by 2021.
LEG does not rule out building a full-scale solar
power plant with a capacity of 200 to 250 megawatts in the Kruonis
plant's reservoir in the future.
The company
also has plans to develop wind power generation on the grounds of the Kruonis
facility, which is also slated to be expanded.