Two New Wind Farms for Northern Poland

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The Polish wind power plant developer and operator PEP S.A. ( which stands for Polish Energy Partners S.A.) has commissioned Siemens to build two wind power plants in Northern Poland. The delivery of the turbines to the first wind project will start next year, in May.  The plan is for 18 Siemens model SWT-2.3-108 wind turbine units rated 2.3 megawatts (MW) to generate  a total of 41.4 MW starting by autumn of 2014.

A second wind power plant will produce a total output of 25.3 MW from eleven wind turbines of the same type. Siemens expects to be able to commission and hand over the two plants by late summer 2014. Once the farms are up and running, Siemens will be in charge of maintenance of the installations for five years under the terms of service agreements. With their combined installed capacity of 66.7 MW, the two new wind power plants will meet the electricity needs of some 43,000 Polish households while at the same time reducing CO2 emissions by 140,000 tons per year.

The hub height of 115 meters above ground, which will be achieved by constructing higher tubular steel towers, will mean that at light to moderate wind speeds, the turbines cancapture more energy. Siemens’ 2.3 megawattv wind turbines have been used in Poland since 2009: 65 of them are already installed and in use.

Jan Kjaersgaard, CEO of Siemens Wind Power for the EMEA sales region said;

“We are very happy that our so far experience and proven reliability have convinced PEP S.A. to choose Siemens, allowing us to make yet another major contribution to promoting climate protection in Poland. This new order is also further testimony that the reliability of our products has earned us a sound reputation on the Polish wind power market.”

Here is the Karscino Wind Farm, currently the second largest in Poland. Wind power still plays only a  minor part in Poland’s energy creation, but that may change over the next decade, as it does have good wind conditions in the northern part of the country.

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