Wind power in Belarus

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Belarus has no indigenous energy resources (FER). Only 15% of its energy resources cover the needs of the country, the remaining 85% is imported - mainly from Russia. In recent years there has been a constant rise in prices of fuel and imported electricity. This growth will occur and continue until the world price. In this connection, Belarus is extremely important to include in the fuel and energy balance of secondary energy resources and renewable energy sources, one of which is a breeze.

Wind power, like any other economic sector, must have three necessary components, ensuring its functioning:

  1. wind energy resources
  2. wind energy equipment
  3. developed wind power infrastructure.

Windpower1 For wind energy resource of wind Belarus is almost unlimited. The country has developed a centralized power grid and a large amount of vacant space not occupied by business entities. Therefore, the placement of wind turbines (wind power) and wind power stations (WPS) is due only literate placing wind power technology's suitability for this area.

2. The possibility of acquiring a foreign wind farms is very limited due to lack of choice is the equipment for wind turbines and wind farm, which corresponds to the climatic conditions of Belarus, as well as a powerful anti-responsible administrators of official power.

3. Lack of infrastructure for the design, implementation and operation of wind farms and, consequently, experience and skills can only be overcome in the course of active cooperation with the developed wind-power infrastructure abroad.

For the initial phase of wind energy development in Belarus in 1840 identified areas for construction of single wind turbine and wind farm with a capacity of more than 200 billion kWh (Part Identified in Belarus, a site for wind power - is, basically, the ridge of hills in height from 20 to 80 m with a background wind speed 5 m / s or more, which may be raised from 5 to 20 wind turbines.

Most efficiently provided by the use of modern turbines in areas of zones with an average annual background rates of not less than 4,5 m / s on a hilly terrain. These regions are: elevated areas mostly north and north-west of Belarus, the central zone of the Minsk region including adjacent to the west of the district, Vitebsk elevation.

Based on the wind potential only in the Minsk region, there are 1,076 construction sites for placement on each of 3 to 10 wind turbines of the continental home of up to 1000 kW.


This excerpt from the report, which was made at an international seminar on "Problems and Prospects for Development of Renewable Energy in the Republic of Belarus", held in the 7 th International Conference "Sakharov Readings 2007: Environmental Problems of XXI Century" at the International State Environmental University . AD Sakharov (Minsk, May 17-18, 2007).

Source: reenergy.by