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Aulepa

Wind power plant in Laeaene, Estonia. Approximate location 59.087, 23.6144.

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Aulepa is a 48 MW wind power plant in Laeaene, Estonia. It is operated by Eesti Energia. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 40,846 homes (estimated). It ranks #5 of 17 Estonia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2009, it is around 17 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 18.8% of Estonia's electricity; the national grid averages 319 gCO₂/kWh (59.6% low-carbon) (2025).

48MW installed capacity
40,846homes powered (est.)
2009commissioned (~17 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1022401.

Capacity vs largest wind plants in Estonia

Aulepa: 48 MW48AulepaPaldiski: 45 MW45PaldiskiNarva Ashfield Wind park: 39 MW39Narva Ashf…Tooma-Esviere Wind Park: 36 MW36Tooma-Esvi…Aseriaru: 24 MW24AseriaruViru Nigula: 24 MW24Viru NigulaPakri: 18 MW18PakriMali: 12 MW12Mali

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Eesti Energia. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 59.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

6.0°Cannual mean temp
4,341heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
23 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -4 °CJF: -5 °CFM: -1 °CMA: 5 °CAM: 11 °CMJ: 14 °CJJ: 18 °CJA: 16 °CAS: 12 °CSO: 7 °CON: 2 °CND: -2 °CD18 °C

Heating degree-days here run 77% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 89/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1 largest wind power plant of 13 in Estonia by capacity.

Estonia has 13 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 278 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 59.087, 23.6144 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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