Tsetsii wind farm to power Mongolia www.news.mn
The development of a 25-turbine wind farm project in southern Mongolia will go ahead, with the support of a Danish company. The Tsetsii wind farm project, located in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, will consist of 25 turbines to provide 50 megawatts of power to the country. Located approximately 540 km. south of Ulaanbaatar, the farm will aim to boost Mongolia’s renewable energy to 30 per cent by 2030.
Power from the Tsetsii wind farm is expected to go online by the end of 2017.
At present, Mongolia’s power-generation capacity from renewables sits at 7 per cent, mostly hydropower. The government has recently adopted sustainability measures including a new Green Development Policy and the Law on Energy Conservation and Efficiency.
A finance agreement struck between the shareholders of Clean Energy Asia LLC (CEA), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will allow the wind farm development in the Gobi Desert to proceed.
The large-scale infrastructure project will be led by CEA.
Published Date:2016-10-13