TALLINN — Estonian national energy transmission company Elering plans to construct a 2 billion krooni (€127.8 million) power plant to ensure the electricity supply in case of an emergency.
Elering is responsible for the operation of the whole electric system in Estonia, so that electricity was ensured to all the consumers at any time. For this reason, Elering will establish a power plant which would be rapidly executable and well-regulated. This would cover the turned off electricity within 10 minutes.
Liis Plakk, press spokeswoman of Elering said that there are no such rapidly switched-on power plants in the Baltics. To cover the stability in case of emergency, Elering has signed a contract with Latvian transmission operator Latvenergo.
“In a situation where the Baltics as a whole is in a deep producing deficit, keeping the emergency reserve in Latvia is expensive and depends on electricity prices,” Plakk told Baltic Reports.
The new power plant’s capacity will be around 250mw. The first unit of 100 mw should be finished by 2013, and the second unit of 150 mw by 2014.
Elering will issue a procurement at the end of this year, and the project will be financed by network tariffs.
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