Lode-Penuja RES Wind Park

Location
The project ULP-RES WP is to establish a renewable energy crossborder greenfield onshore wind farm with a total nameplate capacity up to 200 MW. The wind park will be located in the country border areas of Estonia and Latvia near the villages of Lode in Valmiera county (LV) and Penuja, Mulgi Parish, Viljandi County (EE).

Technical parameters
The ULP-RES project is intended as a joint cross-border development with a single grid connection point on LV side of the 3rd Estonian-Latvian 330kV interconnection transmission line. The layout of the wind park consists of 33 turbine locations (19 in Latvia and 14 in Estonia). Starting from 2028 it is expected to produce up to 599 GWh of renewable energy per annum when fully commissioned.

Parties involved
The ULP-RES project promoters and developers:

Utilitas Wind SIA, who acts as the project coordinator, the project beneficiary;
Utilitas Wind OU who acts as the affiliated party, the project beneficiary.

Project benefits
The ULP-RES project establishment and wind farm operation will significantly contribute to increase the regional renewable (RES) electricity production with contribution of further EU internal electricity market integration along with contribution to Europe’s GHG emission reduction and reinforcing energy security thorough a reduction of fossil fuels consumption substituted by renewable energy and reducing electricity import need of both countries.

Implementation status
The submitted application to CINEA Call includes the 1^st phase construction works for turbine infrastructure – roads, cables, turbine foundation. Application submitted on 6.02.2024.

Investments
The total investment for the ULP-RES project implementation are planned to be up to 296 million euros.

Timeline
The work packages submitted for evaluation with the Call are to be carried out between October 2024 to April 2026.
Project is expected to reach fully commissioned status by the end of 2026, while the section in Estonia – by the end of 2027.This publication is the sole responsibility of its author. The European Union assumes no responsibility for how the information contained therein may be used.

Cross-border renewable energy projects (CEF Energy)
Project “Utilitas Lode-Penuja RES Wind Park”

As per Commission Delegated Regulation C(2023)6133/2 adopted on 19/09/2023. The project “Utilitas Lode-Penuja RES Wind Park” (ULP-RES WP) is included in the list of CB RES projects.

Call for works 2023 application
Proposal ID 101177750
Acronym ULP-RES WP