KIEV, Oct. 18 - Vindkraft Ukraina LLC plans to build wind power plants with a total capacity of 18 MW on the Black Sea coast in 2013, the co-owner of the company, Fredrik Svinhufvud, said at the International Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Forum REF-2012 held in Kiev.

"Our first project is Novorossiske wind farm in Kherson region with three Vestas turbines with a capacity of 3 MW. One turbine has been launched. Next year we plan to realize the second phase – to build an additional wind power plant with a capacity of 18 MW. We also plan a third phase of 154 MW," he said.

Svinhufvud said that Vindkraft Ukraina had started operating from Kherson region because its shareholders are well-known in the region (they took part in the creation of private joint-stock company Chumak), while in the future the company will also operate in other regions.