German company Enertrag is to supply Polish telecommunications provider Orange Polska with electricity from a 36MW onshore wind farm in Poland under a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA).
The project, which will be developed and built by Enertrag, will consist of up to 10 Vestas V126-3.6MW turbines with 132-metre hub heights.
It will supply 125 gigawatt-hours a year of electricity when operational in 2024, meeting around 20% of Orange Polska’s energy needs.
Enertrag chief financial officer Simon Hagedorn (pictured) said: “The negotiations with Orange have been very constructive and having agreed on a long-term corporate power purchase agreement within less than three months underlines Enertrag’s experience as a provider of PPAs.
“We are planning on designing and implementing similar PPA structures for future projects.”
“Orange Polska chief executive Julien Ducarroz said: “At Orange, we are constantly striving to reduce our own carbon footprint by managing resources and energy efficiently, monitoring their consumption and reducing carbon dioxide emissions related to our operations.
“Thanks to another power purchase agreement, we will be halfway to meet our climate ambitions.
“I am glad that in this way we are contributing to the development of renewable capacities in Poland.”
Enertrag said it is currently in the process of constructing and commissioning 186MW of wind capacity across the Dargikowo and Karlino projects.
Enertrag head of projects in Poland Christoph Sowa said: “We are very proud of our ongoing contribution to the Polish energy transition. Including this project, we will have realised more than 220MW in Poland within two years.
“Enertrag is looking forward to construct more wind and solar plants in the near future.”