Evecon-Linked Company Seeks to Build 200 MW Gas Power Plant in Viljandi County

Sakala Energia, a company connected through its owners to the energy group Evecon, has submitted an application to the Viljandi Parish government for the construction of a gas power plant with a nominal capacity of up to 200 megawatts (MW).

The company has chosen the Sõõrumaa cadastral unit as the location for the plant, near an electrical substation and close to a gas pipeline, Kaido Koppel, chief planning specialist at the Viljandi Parish government, told ERR on Thursday.

Koppel emphasized that the planning required for the project has not yet been initiated. Explanations are currently awaited from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, which must decide whether the state or the local government will prepare the plan.

According to Koppel, the preparation and coordination of all necessary documentation could take a couple of years.

Aivar Mäeots, a representative of Sakala Energia, told ERR that since the planning has not been initiated, he does not consider it necessary to provide additional comments at this time. "We will gladly return to this topic when there is something substantial to share," Mäeots promised.

The owner of Sakala Energia is the company MMA, whose owners are Marek Mägi and SilvInvest, which is owned by Aivar Mäeots. Aivar Mäeots is one of the owners and managers of the Evecon energy group. The group develops renewable energy projects and operates solar, gas, and wind power plants, as well as energy storage systems.

On Tuesday, July 7, the company, in cooperation with Baltic Storage Platform – a joint venture of French energy producer Corsica Sole and international investment fund Mirova – inaugurated the Hertz 2 storage power plant in Aruküla, Raasiku Parish, with a capacity of 100 megawatts and the ability to store up to 200 megawatt-hours of electricity in batteries.