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RWE Innogy to build fourth wind farm in Poland

11.05.2012

 

- Construction start for 39 MW of installed capacity
- Continuous expansion of Polish onshore wind pipeline
- REpower supplies MM92 turbines rated at 2.05 megawatts each


In Nowy Staw, near the city of Gdansk, the first construction vehicles will soon arrive on
site, marking the start of construction for Innogy’s fourth wind farm in Poland. 19 wind
turbines manufactured by REpower Systems SE with an overall installed capacity of 39
megawatts (MW) will be built over an area of 15 square kilometres. If everything goes
according to schedule, the wind farm will be commissioned as early as the beginning of
2013 and will supply an equivalent of more than 50,000 homes with green electricity every
year. The investment volume amounts to more than € 60 million.

“With Nowy Staw we are expanding our wind portfolio in Poland by almost 40 MW. This will bring
us a great step closer to our goal of adding 50 MW of wind capacity in Poland every year until
2015. Our Polish wind pipeline is well filled. All in all, Innogy plans to have around 300 MW in
operation in Poland by 2015”, said Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt, CEO of RWE Innogy.
Andreas Nauen, CEO of REpower Systems SE, commented: “With Nowy Staw we are
implementing our largest project in Poland so far. The site in the north of the country with its
average wind velocities is optimally suited to accommodate the REpower MM92 turbines. To
date, we have installed more than 2,000 plants of the MM series all over the world. We are
delighted that RWE Innogy has put its trust in our proven technology and has once again chosen
REpower as supplier.”

RWE Innogy is already operating three wind farms with a total capacity of approx. 108 MW in
Poland: Suwalki, Tychowo and Piecki. Apart from the actual construction work on site, the
company will also develop the local infrastructure around Nowy Staw. This includes repair and
modernisation work as well as the building of three kilometres of new roads which becomes
necessary due to the wind farm construction. The next development stage for the onshore wind
farm Nowy Staw has already been planned for 2013.

Electricity generation from renewable sources is currently supported via a system of “green
certificates“ in Poland. Electricity suppliers are obliged to offer a certain percentage of the
energy fed into the grid from renewables. They can comply with this obligation by acquiring
additional “green certificates”.