Eesti in brief – 2010-08-26
Estonian news - etea August 27, 2010
The Baltic Times, 26.08.2010
Prime Minister Andrus Ansip stated on Aug. 19 that he was certain that Eesti Energia would not get the government’s approval to establish nearly 300 wind energy generators in the vicinity of the islands of Kihnu and Ruhnu in the Gulf of Riga, reports EPL Online.
The proposed wind park will take up an area of 100 square kilometers. He explained that one of the issues concerns the area of the territory, and another matter is whether it would be right to reserve the sea territory for an enterprise considering that Estonia would not require quite as many wind generators as are planned. Ansip noted that the planned capacities of all designed wind parks that are in development would far exceed the needs of Estonia. “It seems that the subsidies level has been set too high; investors are exceedingly interested in wind parks while residents are not so much interested in them,” said the prime minster.