Masdar and Finland’s Taaleri Energia have formally commissioned the 154 MW Čibuk 2 wind farm. The project expands Serbia’s largest wind power complex and adds to privately financed renewable generation in the country. The commissioning follows construction that began in 2024 and moved into trial operation during 2025.
Location, turbine configuration and link to Čibuk 1
The Čibuk 2 project is in the municipality of Kovin, between the villages of Bavanište and Mramorak, about 40 kilometres from Belgrade. It includes 22 Nordex wind turbines. The development was carried out next to the existing Čibuk 1 facility.
With Čibuk 2 now in operation, the combined installed capacity of the two wind farms reaches 312 MW. Together they form the largest operating wind energy cluster in Serbia and the wider Western Balkans. The project is also described as covering a site area of approximately 4,750 hectares.
Construction workforce and land-use footprint
Construction started in 2024, with trial operation scheduled for 2025. More than 1,000 workers, subcontractors and project-management personnel were involved in building the facility. Much of the workforce was drawn from South Banat and surrounding communities.
Although the site covers around 4,750 hectares, turbine foundations, roads and associated infrastructure occupy only a small portion of the total area. Developers state that more than 99% of the land remains available for agricultural production. This includes land not used directly for turbine and infrastructure works.
Expected output, emissions displacement and supply to EPS
The developers estimate that Čibuk 2 will generate enough electricity to cover consumption equivalent to around 178,800 Serbian households. They also estimate annual output will avoid approximately 311,200 tonnes of carbon dioxide. Additional avoided emissions are estimated at 12,700 tonnes of sulphur dioxide, 1,470 tonnes of nitrogen oxides and 512 tonnes of particulate emissions compared with equivalent coal-fired generation.
Electricity produced by Čibuk 1 and Čibuk 2 is already being used by state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije. The projects add renewable output to EPS’s supply portfolio while reducing marginal dependence on lignite and imported electricity.
Serbia’s renewables build-out and grid requirements for new wind
Over the past four years, Serbia’s combined wind and solar capacity has risen from approximately 400 MW to more than 1.3 GW. Two rounds of renewable-energy auctions have supported 17 new power plants with a total capacity of 1.2 GW. Planned investment associated with those auctions is close to €1.5 billion.
Čibuk 2 adds additional high-capacity-factor renewable generation to Serbia’s system. Its system value is expected to depend increasingly on grid reinforcement, balancing capacity and storage availability. Those investments will influence how much of Serbia’s growing wind pipeline can be connected without creating congestion or increasing curtailment risk.
