EVN building 25-MW wind park in Lower Austria

Austrian power company EVN AG (VIE:EVN) has begun the construction of a 24.8-MW wind project in the northeast of the Alpine country in cooperation with local wind and solar developer ImWind.

The Grosskrut-Altlichtenwarth wind farm will be located near the town of Grosskrut in Lower Austria and will consist of four turbines. Once operational in December 2023, the plant will be able to supply around 19,200 households with green electricity and save about 35,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year.

The project is equally owned by the two partners.

For EVN's chief executive Franz Mittermayer, the project is an important step as the power company is seeking to double wind energy and reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases by around 60% by 2034.

Lower Austria, where about half of the country's wind energy potential is concentrated, aims to double wind energy generation to 8 TWh annually by 2030 from currently 4 TWh. This year, 35 turbines with an output of 137 MW are expected to be connected to the grid, according to the industry association IG Windkraft.

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