Energiequelle GmbH has officially commenced construction of the Sömmerda Wind Farm, located approximately 20 km from Erfurt in Thuringia, Germany.
Construction is scheduled to begin in September 2025 on four Enercon E-160 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 5.56 MW and a total height of 246.6 meters. The turbines are situated in priority area W-18, which has been designated in the draft of the “Wind Energy” regional development plan for Central Thuringia. With a total capacity of over 22 MW, the wind farm will be able to supply around 10,500 households with renewable electricity and save approximately 27,000 tons of CO₂ annually.
The permit application was submitted to the responsible authority in December 2022. Following a thorough review, approval was granted in March 2024. Construction is scheduled to begin in September 2025, with foundation work planned for May 2026. The first wind turbine is expected to be commissioned in October 2026. Energiequelle is planning several additional wind farms in Thuringia. Three permits totaling 66 MW have already been granted, and another 150 MW are currently in the pipeline.
Country updates
-
-
August 18, 2025
VSB Group completed grid connection of the 105 MW Elster wind farm project in Saxony-Anhalt
VSB Group has completed the grid connection of the 105 MW Elster repowering project in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The repowered wind farm is expected to deliver around 235 GWh of electricity per year, s...
Read more -
August 11, 2025
BELECTRIC Commissions 96-MW Solar Farm in Kolitzheim Municipality
BELECTRIC has inaugurated the 96.7 MWp Herleshof Solar Farm, near its headquarters in Kolitzheim municipality (Schweinfurt county), Lower Franconia, Germany. The solar power plant close to...
Read more -
August 05, 2025
11.5 MW Solar Farm Commissioned in Germany
MET Group has announced the successful commissioning and start of commercial operations of its first solar power plant in Germany
Read more -
August 04, 2025
Enercon Installs First Onshore Wind Turbine at the Diepholzer Bruch wind farm
Enercon, in partnership with Salzgitter AG’s subsidiary Ilsenburger Grobblech and TMGROUP’s SMB Schönebecker Maschinenbau, has delivered one of Europe’s first onshore wind turbi...
Read more -
July 30, 2025
TenneT picks Asso.subsea for 2 GW cable installation work in Germany
Asso.subsea has been awarded a nearshore cable installation contract for three projects under TenneT’s 2 GW program in Germany. The offshore grid connection projects—BalWin4, LanWin1, and...
Read more
