Kitka Wind Farm | |
Name Official: | Parku i Erës Kitkë |
Coordinates: | 42.6558°N 21.6664°W |
Country: | Kosovo |
Location: | Kitkë, Kamenica |
Status: | Operational |
Commissioned: | 2018 |
Cost: | EUR 73 million |
Wind Farm Type: | Onshore |
Wind Hub Height: | 110 m |
Wind Rotor Diameter: | 137 m |
Ps Units Operational: | 27 x 3.8 MW |
Ps Units Manu Model: | General Electric Energy 3.6-137 |
Ps Electrical Capacity: | 32.4 MW |
Ps Annual Generation: | 95.6 |
The Kitka Wind Farm is the first wind farm in Kosovo.[1] It has a nameplate capacity of 32.4 MW and it is estimated to have a total annual output of electricity of 95.6 GWh and supplies enough clean energy to power 10,000 households.[2] The project was commissioned in October 2018.
The Kitka Wind Farm has 9 units of GE 3.6-137 turbines, each with 3.6 MW nameplate capacity from the supplier, GE Renewable Energy. In 2020, Kosovo’s power transmission system operator KOSTT said it had signed a connection agreement for a 20 MW expansion of the Kitka wind farm.[3]