AES Geo Energy extends unplanned outage of Saint Nikola wind project in Kavarna

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AES Geo Energy, a joint venture of AES Corporation and the German company, Geo Power, has extended the unplanned outage of its 156 MW Saint Nikola wind project in Kavarna. 

The developers have blamed the problem with the distribution system leaving the plant with 56 MW of unavailable capacity on December 28. The outage of the project has been extended to  January 29 from January 21, 2019. 

The EUR270 million (US$332.2 million) project has been in operation since 2010. It consists of 52 turbines of 3 MW each.

 

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