In 2023, Statkraft signed a 10-year energy buy settlement (PPA) on Higher Power’s Krapkowice photo voltaic farm to offtake 20 GWh of renewable vitality. Now grid-connected, the park has the capability to generate 30 GWh of renewable vitality yearly, equal to the inexperienced electrical energy wanted to energy 14 000 Polish households.
Moreover, Statkraft has a market entry settlement for 2 different Higher Power photo voltaic farms, Helenowo and Nidzica, that are already grid-connected and have annual manufacturing capacities of 74 GWh and 75 GWh, respectively.
The partnership started in 2021 with a PPA on the Resko photo voltaic farm, which has an anticipated annual manufacturing capability of 40 GWh. Now, the cooperation between the 2 firms encompasses 4 photo voltaic farms, enabling Statkraft to offtake 150 GWh of inexperienced vitality from Higher Power photo voltaic farms.
“Statkraft is captivated with driving the renewable vitality shift throughout Europe. We’re due to this fact very glad that we might contribute to the vitality transition of Poland along with Higher Power,” mentioned Pieter Schipper, Vice President of North-western European and US Origination at Statkraft.
Elevated development within the Polish PPA market
The partnership between Statkraft and Higher Power demonstrates the growing demand for PPAs in Poland, with firms from numerous sectors and ranging vitality wants selecting to buy renewable vitality. By PPAs sourced from Higher Power, firms of all sizes can safe inexperienced vitality in the long run, scale back emissions, attain sustainability targets and add momentum to the Polish vitality transition.
“The growth of our complete partnership with Statkraft, one among Europe’s largest vitality firms, is a crucial step ahead for Higher Power in Poland and nice information for the Polish vitality transition,” says Mikkel Thorup, Director of PPAs at Higher Power. “PPAs are seen as an vital software for growing renewable vitality manufacturing in Poland, lowering the nation’s dependence on fossil fuels, whereas offering firms with the chance to buy inexpensive inexperienced vitality.”
Shared ambition to speed up the adoption of inexperienced vitality in Poland
Statkraft has been energetic in Poland since 2018, specializing in upstream and downstream PPAs, particularly for energy-intensive industrial firms, and growing renewable vitality manufacturing via growing their very own wind and photo voltaic tasks. The continued partnership strengthens Higher Power’s place on the forefront of Poland’s transition to renewable vitality. Higher Power owns and operates 5 photo voltaic farms throughout Poland with a complete capability of 236 MW and a growth portfolio that at present stands at over 2.5 GW. All of its Polish farms have been developed because of constructive engagement and dialogue with native landowners, neighbours and authorities.
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