The solar power plant “Ludza” with a peak capacity of 5 MW, which is located in the city of Ludza, has started generating energy. The facility was implemented by SIA KNESS Baltic under an EPC contract (general contract, which provides for turnkey construction of the solar plant).

The newly constructed station is:

•  5,085,696 kWh of clean energy per year. This amount could potentially be enough to provide clean energy to approximately 2,400 households.
•  7,616 qualitatively installed photovoltaic modules.
•  efficient utilization of 7.4 hectares of land unsuitable for agricultural purposes.
•  4,996 tons less CO2 emissions per year into the atmosphere.

Team of SIA KNESS Baltic completed the entire range of design, construction, installation and commissioning works in just 3 months. The process of commissioning and obtaining all necessary documentation for electricity supply took about 2 months. This is already the third project in Latvia, successfully implemented by SIA KNESS Baltic. The first two projects were built in the cities of Valdemārpils and Auce. The investor of the solar plant is Volterra Energy Group, a company engaged in renewable energy development and investment management. The group focuses on solar energy, wind energy, small hydropower, energy storage technologies and waste-to-energy technologies. The total installed capacity of all Volterra Energy Group projects exceeds 200 MW.

“Each megawatt installed is a significant step towards the development of solar energy in the country. Together with Volterra Energy Group we help to bring the energy transition closer and continue to develop renewable energy,” said Andrii Kalinovskyi, CEO of SIA KNESS Baltic.

Efficient operation of the power plant will be ensured by continuous monitoring of the main equipment’s condition, which will be performed round-the-clock by the service team of SIA KNESS Baltic.

At this point, the total portfolio of KNESS projects in Latvia amounts to about 50 MW, 20,5 MW of which have already been implemented. The other projects are in different implementation phases. They are planned to be put into operation in the first quarter of 2024. The total portfolio of implemented renewable energy projects by KNESS amounts to more than 1.2 GW in Ukraine and 79 MW under implementation in Poland.