Kel.Sorokos Windfarm Ltd., an associated company of Wincono Cyprus Ltd., has completed the erection of three wind turbines of type Vestas V150 and commissioned the project succesfully. The wind turbines, with an installed capacity of 4.5MW (for the time being reduced to 4MW), a hub height of 90m and a rotor diameter of 150m are considered to be state-of-the-art. The anticipated annual electricity production of 27,000 MWh/a will serve around 5,000 households with renewable electricity.
The entire construction of the wind farm had been completed in less than a year, despite various obstacles and weather related delays that had to be overcome. “All companies involved, be it our EPC Contractor Elite Constructions Ltd. for the civil works, Vestas Mediterranean for the wind turbines, Hitachi Energy Greece for the intake substation and YTM Stavrides Ltd. for all electrical works showed an extraordinary performance and flexibility.”, according to the directors Makis Ketonis and Sylvia Trabert.
Preparations and civil works construction of the wind farm started in April 2024 and wind turbine erection by the end of November the same year. Despite some delays due to heavy rainfall that caused challenging situations for accessing the site and a short Christmas break, the mechanical installation of the wind turbines was completed during the first days of January 2025. However, final commissioning of both the intake substation and the wind turbines was delayed for several months due to obstacles faced by the utility in completing the medium voltage connection line, and eventually, the wind farm produced its first kilowatthours in June 2025.
Since then the wind farm is producing green and clean electricity, albeit still at reduced capacity due to network restrictions which are hoped to be resolved in early 2026.
