Iberdrola has begun commissioning the 50MW Korytnica 2 wind farm in Poland.
Korytnica 2, located 80 km from Warsaw in the province of Węgrów, comprises 14 Vestas V126 wind turbines, with hub heights of 132 metres and 3.6MW unit capacities, bringing total capacity of 50.4MW.
Full operation of this facility, scheduled for the first quarter of 2023, will bring Iberdrola’s onshore wind capacity in Poland to 163MW.
The company already operates the Zopowy wind farm (30MW) in the Opole region and the Korytnica 1 wind farm (82.5MW).
In early November, the Korytnica 2 part at the Pniewnik substation was energised.
This enabled first export of power on 20 December, two weeks ahead of schedule.
During the execution of civil works at Korytnica 2, several challenges were overcome to reduce the project’s carbon footprint, including the improvement of soil conditions in some of the foundations and the stabilisation of access roads with soil-cement to avoid the transportation of scarce gravel from hundreds of kilometres away.
Also, around 70% of the medium voltage trench was piped with directional drilling, as it had to pass through several locations.
Korytnica 2’s output will be sold through a power purchase agreement (PPA) to Norway’s Statkraft, backed by a contract for difference (CfD) obtained in the fourth auction held in Poland in June 2021.