Europe / Commercial & demonstration

Chavanga – Kola Pennisula

Organizations, planners, suppliers, equipment, controls, and reported system specifications—with source-level citations.

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations3
System facts5
Sources reviewed5
Last researched2026-07-19

Chavanga was one of three remote Murmansk-region villages in a wind-solar-diesel modernization program. Public reporting identifies the municipal authority and design contractor, while project-specific equipment models remain unavailable.

Research status
Commissioned under the 2015 three-village program; present operating status not confirmed
Historical classification
Remote
Reported capacity
See component specifications
Coordinates
68.95852, 33.08266
Evidence note: “Every company” cannot be proven from public material alone. This page lists every organization found in the recovered record and reviewed sources, preserves unknown roles, and explicitly marks undisclosed controller or equipment details.

Project delivery

Who was involved in Chavanga – Kola Pennisula?

3 publicly identified organizations. Where a recovered source named a participant without explaining its work, the role remains explicitly unspecified.

Organization

Murmansk regional government

Regional program sponsor and funder [4]

Organization

President-Neva Energy Center

Design and equipment contractor for Chavanga, Tetrino, and Chapoma [5]

Organization

Varzuga rural settlement administration

Municipal contracting authority [5]

System evidence

Reported capacity and specifications

Values can describe different project phases or components. Source citations are attached to each figure so discrepancies remain visible.

KW Solar
75 [1]
KW Wind
120 [1]
Archived Chavanga solar
75 kW [1]
Archived Chavanga wind
120 kW [1]
Three-village program
515 kW demand and 175 kW wind/solar across Chavanga, Tetrino, and Chapoma [4]

Controls and hardware

Equipment and controller details

Manufacturer and model are shown only when a source names them. Generic descriptions are not converted into guessed product assignments.

No controller or equipment model was found in the reviewed public sources. This is a disclosure gap, not evidence that the project lacks coordinated controls.

Provenance

5 sources

Primary owner, government, university, supplier, and engineering sources are preferred. Archived references preserve claims whose original pages moved or disappeared.

  1. [1]
    Recovered Microgrid Projects record

    Internet Archive · Archived source · captured 2020-07-06

  2. [2]
    which is involved in similar projects in the regional village of Pyalitsa

    bellona.org · Archived source · captured 2020-07-06

  3. [3]
    Read More

    bellona.org · Archived source · captured 2020-07-06

  4. [4]
    Renewables to Power Up Remote Russian Villages

    UN Climate Change · Secondary research

  5. [5]