German energy supplier Enertrag has now fully commissioned the 186MW Dunowo wind farm in Poland.
The facility, comprising two wind projects, called Dargikowo and Karlino, is located near the city of Koszalin in north-west Poland.
Following successive commissioning phases over the course of this year, an official opening ceremony has been held, attended by representatives of local institutions, project partners, land owners, grid operators and investors.
The two sub-wind farms together comprise one of Poland’s largest operational renewable energy plants.
The Dargikowo wind field includes 43 wind turbines with a capacity of 133MW, while 16 turbines with a capacity of 53MW will produce clean electricity at the Karlino wind field.
“I am proud of the dedicated work of our Polish colleagues, who successfully guided the project through the sometimes very lengthy administrative procedures and commissioned it on time despite pandemic-related restrictions and disrupted supply chains,” said Gunar Hering, Enertrag CEO.
“We are pleased to be able to make a major contribution to Poland’s energy transition and energy independence.
“Now we are looking together at the challenges ahead, as the Polish market still offers great potential in both wind power and PtX projects.”
Both sub-projects feed their energy into the Dunowo substation of the Polish transmission system operator PSE.
A total capacity of 250MW is available there, offering the possibility to connect further projects.
In Poland, Enertrag and Polish telecommunications provider Orange Polska recently agreed on a long-term PPA to supply the company’s infrastructure with climate-neutral power from a 36MW wind farm being developed and built by Enertrag as an extension of the Dunowo project.