Innogy has started construction work on two wind farms totalling 80MW in Poland.
The developer secured the contract for the 47.5MW Dolice onshore wind farm in West Pomerania during a government auction in November 2018.
The wind farm will use 19 turbines Siemens Gamesa SG 2.5-114 turbines.
Dolice will be commissioned at the end of 2020.
Concurrently Innogy is constructing the 33MW Zukowice wind farm in Lower Silesia.
The project will use Nordex 11 turbines and will be commissioned in June.
The investment in Dolice and Zukowice amounts to €101m.
Innogy senior vice president onshore wind and solar Katja Wunschel said: “We are pleased that construction has started of Dolice, our tenth onshore wind farm in Poland.
Together with Zukowice we have more than 80MW under construction, which is the result of our successful participation in the first Polish onshore auction for big installations.
“The Polish market offers many excellent wind and solar locations, the possibility to take part in auctions or to carry out climate protection projects under market conditions. We are looking forward to further sustainable investment opportunities to support Poland’s energy transition.”
In Poland Innogy operates eight onshore wind farms with a total installed capacity of more than 240MW in the country.