ENERTRAG Inaugurates 186 MW Dunowo Wind Project In Poland

With the ceremonial opening of the Dunowo project, which consists of the two wind fields Dargikowo and Karlino, ENERTRAG has put one of the largest wind projects in Poland and the largest ENERTRAG project to date into operation.

The Dunowo wind project is located near the city of Koszalin (pl. Koszalin) in north-western Poland and was successively put into operation over the course of this year. This was followed by the official opening ceremony, which was celebrated with representatives of local institutions, project partners, landowners, network operators and investors. The two sub-projects with a total capacity of 186 MW will generate around 600,000 MWh of clean energy annually, which corresponds to the electricity needs of almost a quarter of a million households. ENERTRAG is proud to make such a big contribution to air pollution control and the energy transition in Poland.

The Dargikowo wind field includes 43 wind turbines with a capacity of 133 MW, while in the Karlino wind field 16 turbines with a capacity of 53 MW generate electricity.

"I am proud of the committed work of our Polish colleagues, who successfully guided the project through the sometimes very lengthy administrative procedures and, despite pandemic-related restrictions and disrupted supply chains, put it into operation on schedule," says Dr. 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 upcoming challenges, because the Polish market still offers great potential for both wind power and PtX projects.”

As a pioneer in the use of green hydrogen in Europe, ENERTRAG aims to make an important contribution to Poland's hydrogen strategy and, in this context, would like to contribute to the transformation of the historic coal regions, as in Germany.

"We hope that the 10H regulation will be relaxed in the near future, which will slow down the expansion of Polish onshore wind power," says Christoph Sowa, Head of Poland. "In the course of the implementation of the Dunowo project, we noticed a great interest on the part of the Polish industry in regionally generated green energy and want to serve this by implementing further renewable projects in the near future."

Both sub-projects feed their energy into the Dunowo substation of the Polish transmission system operator PSE SA. A total capacity of 250 MW is available there, which offers the possibility of connecting further projects.

In Poland, ENERTRAG and leading Polish telecoms provider Orange Polska recently agreed a long-term PPA to supply the company's infrastructure with carbon-neutral electricity from a 36 MW onshore wind farm, which is being developed and built by ENERTRAG as an extension of the Dunowo project.