Onshore Wind Market Poland: VSB Wind Farm Baranów-Rychtal Connected to The Grid
Dresden, Germany / Baranów-Rychtal, Poland - In Poland, the developer and operator of renewable energy projects VSB from Dresden has now commissioned the wind farm Baranów-Rychtal with a total capacity of 42.6 megawatts (MW).
Ten Nordex N131/3.9 turbines and one Nordex N117/3.6 turbine were installed at the site. According to VSB, the wind farm's annual electricity production is sufficient to cover the electricity needs of around 36,000 households. At the same time, CO2 emissions of almost 45,000 tons are avoided per year. The construction permit for the Baranów-Rychtal wind farm was granted at the end of 2019, and the project was awarded a contract in the 2020 Renewable Energy Auction.
"The commissioning of the Baranów-Rychtal wind farm is an important step in the development of renewable energy in Poland. We are very proud to contribute to this change with the successful work of our great team in Poland", said VSB CEO Felix Grolman.
VSB, headquartered in Dresden, Germany, is one of the leading vertically integrated renewable energy developers in Europe. Its core business is the project development of onshore wind and photovoltaic farms, their operational management and the operation of its own farms as a growing independent power producer. VSB says it has a project pipeline of more than 13,000 MW (13 GW). To date, more than 700 wind energy and photovoltaic plants with a capacity of around 1,300 MW have been built since 1996. VSB also provides services for a plant capacity of around 1,400 MW. In total, the group employs more than 450 people.
Poland has set itself ambitious targets in the field of renewable energies. By 2040, the country aims to meet more than half of its energy needs without emissions. Despite the controversial 10 H rule, the onshore wind market in Poland is developing with increasing momentum. According to data from Windeurope, onshore wind turbines with a capacity of around 1,520 MW were installed in Poland in 2022, meaning that at the end of 2022, wind turbines with a capacity of around 7,860 MW were installed in Poland. On April 10, 2023, an amendment to the so-called long-distance transmission law came into force in Poland, which provides for a liberalization of the 10 H rule and, according to estimates by the Polish Wind Energy Association, should ensure an investment boom in the Polish wind industry.
Source: IWR Online, 07 Jul 2023
