Our most significant project at present is the preparation and management of Hungary’s largest wind farm investment in the Kisalföld region, in the area of Vadosfa, under which we are building a wind farm with a capacity of 499 MW DC.
Project preparation
Taking into account the various laws and local building regulations, we began the permitting procedure on the basis of more than 26 exclusion criteria, following around one and a half years of consultations with the authorities, ministries, environmental organisations, national parks and local municipalities, as well as detailed surveys.
When installing the wind turbines, instead of the minimum distance of at least 700 metres from residential and holiday areas as specified by law, we typically maintain a distance greater than this. In addition, when installing them, we take into account the protection distances for roads and utilities, arable land protection requirements, local, county and national spatial planning requirements, nature conservation conditions, the mining and mineral deposit characteristics of the area, its geological conditions, and archaeological sites.
We have concluded cooperation agreements with all affected local governments according to the construction locations of the wind turbines and their associated electricity grid connection facilities. We actively involve and inform the municipalities, mayors, town clerks and local residents about the permitting processes directly affecting the settlements and about the project.
We have also concluded contracts with the owners of the land intended for the placement of the wind turbines included in the building permit applications, which the land registry has entered in the property register.
The investment in numbers
16
settlements in whose vicinity we are building wind turbines.
70
wind turbine towers are planned for construction.
90
km of municipal roads that we will renovate and widen, and on which we will create road junctions.
70
square kilometres over which we are assessing the environmental impact
128
properties where we have launched archaeological research
10
producer substations, 1 MAVIR switching station, 1,400/132 kV station
Planned project schedule
<ul class="szep-lista"> <li>finalising the grid connection plan and concluding the grid connection agreement</li> <li>continuing nature conservation observations (a further one-year monitoring period)</li> <li>conducting the procedures for the permanent use of arable land for other purposes</li> <li>archaeological trial excavations, preparation of the Preliminary Archaeological Documentation</li> <li>preparation of the concept plan for road development and the delivery route. </li> </ul> <style> .szep-lista{ padding-left:20px; line-height:1.6; } .szep-lista li{ margin-bottom:12px; } </style>
<ul class="szep-lista"> <li>continuing nature conservation observations</li> <li>preparation of the environmental impact study</li> <li>building permit procedure for the grid connection</li> <li>concept plan for the required lines and delivery routes</li> </ul> <style> .szep-lista{ padding-left:20px; line-height:1.6; } .szep-lista li{ margin-bottom:12px; } </style>
<ul class="szep-lista"> <li>environmental permit procedure for wind turbine towers</li> <li>concluding the procedures launched to amend the settlement planning instruments and carrying out the inclusion in the County Spatial Plan</li> <li>obtaining building permits for the wind turbine towers</li> </ul> <style> .szep-lista{ padding-left:20px; line-height:1.6; } .szep-lista li{ margin-bottom:12px; } </style>
<ul class="szep-lista"> <li>construction of grid connection elements</li> <li>ordering wind turbines</li> <li>laying the foundations for the turbines and constructing the producer lines</li> <li>erection of the first tower in the first half of 2029</li> </ul> <style> .szep-lista{ padding-left:20px; line-height:1.6; } .szep-lista li{ margin-bottom:12px; } </style>
<ul class="szep-lista"> <li>development and operation of the full 499 MW energy generation capacity.</li> </ul> <style> .szep-lista{ padding-left:20px; line-height:1.6; } .szep-lista li{ margin-bottom:12px; } </style>