Abstract
Abstract
The Murmansk region is characterized by great potential for using wind energy, whose resources are especially large in the coastal areas of the Barents and White Seas. It was found that in periphery of areas where there is a disruption to power supplies, the use of wind power plants is especially important. The paper presents a brief analysis of wind power current state and its development in the Murmansk region. Studies revealed that it is tend to be used small-power wind power plants, which are basically intended to be used for power supply to remote decentralized consumers in the region. It can be assumed that together with the construction of these wind power plants, the foundation of the Murmansk region wind energy resources development was laid. It is shown that the further wind power development of the Murmansk region is likely to have the wind farms constructing there. One of these projects found its practical application in the form of the201 MW wind farm«Kola Wind Farm», the construction of which is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2021. The wind farm is approximately to be able to generate about 750 GWh per year.