twentieth onshore wind farm begins operation

Essen, 9 January 2024

The onshore workforce has completed a great job: All 16 wind generators on the Znin wind farm in Poland have been erected and the rotor blades are turning. In simply 17 months, RWE has efficiently related its twentieth onshore wind farm to the grid. The wind farm is situated in Kujawsko-Pomorskie, about 260 kilometres east of Szczecin, and has an put in capability of 48 megawatts (MW).

Every wind turbine in ?nin has a rated output of three MW. They produce sufficient inexperienced electrical energy to fulfill the calculated annual demand of as much as 77,000 Polish households. Even earlier than the beginning of development, RWE had been awarded a contract by the Polish authorities for a bilateral contract for distinction (CfD) with a time period of 15 years. This protects RWE as an investor towards a drop in costs, whereas on the similar time shoppers are protected towards worth will increase.

Katja Wünschel, CEO RWE Renewables Europe & Australia: “The commissioning of our twentieth wind farm reveals that RWE is rising steadily in Poland – one among our core markets – and that we’re investing there for the long run. We’re specializing in all necessary renewable applied sciences and are additionally massively increasing our portfolio within the subject of photovoltaics. Shut cooperation with the encompassing communities and long-term cooperation with native companions are notably necessary to us, particularly within the regional wind and photo voltaic enterprise.”

As one of many world’s main firms within the subject of renewable energies, RWE is resolutely pushing forward with its portfolio growth in Poland. The commissioning of ?nin brings the corporate’s put in onshore capability in Poland to over 540 MW.

RWE Renewables Europe & Australia GmbH