The good wind conditions in the area were already well known in the early 90s to potential investors. At that time, a project of two – from today’s point of view smaller – wind power plants (WPP) had been set up. However, because of the general unfavorable economic conditions in the country, the project had to be frozen and also between 2002-2003 another attempt at funding the investment failed. Only in 2005 when the law on Support of Electricity Production from Renewable Sources (law No. 180/2005) in the Czech Republic was adopted, did the conditions become favourable and the investor could start to prepare the installation of two bigger wind power plants. Two wind turbines, each of 2 MW capacity were erected in summer 2006. In December 2006 they were followed by another two smaller WPPs – 850 kW capacity each.
The electricity produced by the wind park is delivered to the distribution grid.

TECHNOLOGY

All four wind turbines are products of the Danish company Vestas. The two bigger WPPs are type V-90 (tower height: 105 m, rotor diameter: 90 m), the two smaller turbines are type V-52 (tower height: 65 m, rotor diameter: 52 m).
The investor in the wind park is a Czech company which wishes to remain anonymous, so all affairs are managed by the operator of the wind park – also a Czech company - KV Venti Ltd.
The distance from the nearest residential buildings is in the case of the smaller WPPs 600 metres, in the case of the bigger WPPs, 800 metres. These distances reliably ensure that all statutory noise limits are complied with.
The annual production of electricity amounts to, according to information from the operator, 13-15 GWh. The lifetime of the technology is 20-25 years.

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ECONOMIC ASPECTS

Private capital together with a commercial loan were used to cover the costs of the project. No grant nor soft loan were used. The estimated payback period is in the case of the bigger wind turbines 8-9 years, in the case of the smaller ones 9-10 years.

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SOCIAL EFFECTS

The population was properly informed during the whole project duration, which resulted in trouble-free development. For this, the Pavlov project might be taken as a good example of how open behaviour can help the investor to realize the project successfully.
The operator of the wind park, KV Venti Ltd, employs 18 people as permanent staff and 5 more employees externally. The company cooperates very closely with an engineers’ office which employs 6 people and with a company specialized in structural engineering (2 people).

The erecting of the wind park was carried out by expert technicians of the supplier (Vestas company), the Czech company APB participated by using its construction and erecting technology/equipment.
The village of Pavlov (418 residents) receives regular payments from the operator of the wind park and this money is spent on buying plots of land for building new houses, on reconstructing the canalisation or on improving the water pipes in the southern part of the village.
Apart from tourists who come to visit the wind turbines, other wind energy investors also organize trips for residents of locations where they want to build wind turbines. During these visits, they inform people about the operation of WPPs.

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ENVIROMENTAL EFFECTS

If the same amount of electricity had been produced in a Czech brown coal power plant, some 13 000 tonnes of coal would have been burned which would have caused the emission of more than 15 000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.

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DIFFICULTIES, PROBLEMS

The operator of the wind park did not face any problems during the course of the investment which might be the result of the trouble-free location of Pavlov (from scientific, nature conservation and landscape points of view) and of their open behaviour with residents and representatives of the municipality.

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FOLLOW UP

Because of favourable wind conditions, not only in the vicinity of the village but also in the whole Vysocina region (Highlands), numerous wind energy projects are at different phases of realization.

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FURTHER INFORMATION

KV Venti Ltd.
Nejdecka 562
357 36 Chodov
Czech Republic

Mr. Jaroslav Stastny - mayor of Pavlov

E-mail: info@kvventi.cz

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