The ORLEN Group has entered right into a conditional settlement with EDP Renewables Polska for the acquisition of three wind farms within the Wielkopolska area with a complete capability of 142 MW. Moreover, there may be an possibility for photovoltaic improvement as much as 159 MW that may be applied, inter alia, on the premise of cable pooling. The farms – launched in 2021 and 2022 – can provide clear vitality to as many as 240 thousand households yearly. The property being acquired should not solely among the many most trendy, but in addition the simplest wind farms in Poland. They’re powered, amongst others, by 4.2 MW generators, one of many largest at the moment utilized in Poland. The transaction is predicted to be finalised later this 12 months.
“We’re executing one of the crucial important transactions within the home renewable vitality market lately. Our intensive acquisition expertise and operational scale enable us to successfully perform transactions of this kind. Our constant investments on this section purpose to supply clear and competitively priced vitality to our prospects. By 2030, we plan to have roughly 9 GW of put in renewable capability, thus changing into the vitality transition chief within the area. The settlement concluded at the moment will enhance our RES portfolio with exceptionally high-quality technology items. The three wind farms to be acquired should not solely among the many most trendy within the nation, however are additionally characterised by an important location, guaranteeing excessive winds, which ensures a excessive diploma of utilisation of the put in capability,” mentioned Daniel Obajtek, CEO and President of the ORLEN Administration Board.
The transaction entails the acquisition of three wind farms situated within the Wielkopolska area, close to the city of Dobrzyca (with a capability of 49.9 MW) and the villages of Ujazd (with a capability of 30 MW) and Dominowo (with a capability of 62.4 MW). The final one makes use of Vestas V136 generators, which have a most peak of 166 m and blades measuring 76.2 m in size, making them the most important onshore items at the moment working in Poland. The transaction is being executed by ORLEN Wind 3 of the ORLEN Group. As soon as the acquisition is accomplished, ORLEN can have an approximate complete renewable capability of 900 MW.
The farms have been commissioned in 2021 – 2022 and are new efficient property with an anticipated lengthy operational life. Elective photovoltaic initiatives are an extra, inherent aspect of the transaction. They are often applied by the vendor totally on the premise of cable pooling, i.e. utilizing the prevailing connection. The delivered photovoltaic farms, after their development, will probably be one other important enhance within the ORLEN Group’s RES technology capability by even roughly 159 MW. The implementation of those initiatives on the premise of cable pooling is, in fact, depending on the completion of labor on the at the moment processed laws enabling this answer.
The brand new property are one other funding of the ORLEN Group in renewable vitality sources within the Wielkopolska area, the place the Przykona wind farm, with a capability of roughly 33 MW, and the Gryf photovoltaic farm, with a capability of roughly 25 MW, are already operational. In mid-July 2023, Energa Wytwarzanie of the ORLEN Group signed a preliminary settlement with Greenvolt for the Opalenica and Sompolno initiatives, with a complete capability of 59 MW. Energa’s plans additionally embody the development of the PV Mitra (65 MW) and PV Zuki (2.4 MW) photovoltaic farms.
An essential path within the improvement of RES capability within the ORLEN Group can also be offshore wind vitality. The priority plans to construct the primary wind farm (with a capability of as much as 1.2 GW) within the Polish a part of the Baltic Sea. In response to the adopted schedule, the development of Baltic Energy is initially deliberate for 2024, and its commissioning in 2026. On the finish of Could 2023, the ORLEN Group corporations secured 5 extra places within the Baltic Sea for the development of offshore wind farms, the place property with a complete capability of roughly 5.2 GW could also be constructed. In complete, the ORLEN Group already has 6 offshore wind farm places with a possible of 6.4 GW.
By the tip of 2030, the ORLEN Group goals to realize renewable vitality sources with a complete capability of over 9 GW, encompassing offshore and onshore wind farms, photovoltaics, in addition to biogas and biomethane-powered technology items. Moreover, by this time, the Group plans to provide vitality utilizing small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs). Altogether, the Group will allocate as a lot as PLN 120 billion for inexperienced investments by the tip of the last decade. These efforts, leveraging the synergies and potential of the mixed multi-utility group, purpose to supply Poles with inexpensive and clear vitality sooner or later.
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