Statkraft and Better Energy have strengthened their partnership in Poland, signing agreements to trade energy from four solar parks.
Under a new set of power purchase agreements (PPAs), Statkraft will purchase green energy from Better Energy’s Krapkowice solar park for 10 years.
Now grid-connected, Krapkowice has the capacity to generate 30GWh of renewable energy annually.
The partnership began in 2021 with a PPA on the Resko solar park, which has an expected annual production capacity of 40GWh.
Following this, Statkraft and Batter Energy signed a market access agreement for two other Better Energy solar parks, Helenowo and Nidzica, which are already grid-connected and have annual production capacities of 74GWh and 75GWh, respectively.
Now, the cooperation between the two companies encompasses the four solar parks, enabling Statkraft to offtake 150GWh of green energy from Better Energy solar parks.
Mikkel Thorup, Director of PPAs at Better Energy, said: “The expansion of our comprehensive partnership with Statkraft, one of Europe’s largest energy companies, is an important step forward for Better Energy in Poland and great news for the Polish energy transition.
“PPAs are seen as an important tool for increasing renewable energy production in Poland, reducing the country’s dependence on fossil fuels, while providing companies with the opportunity to purchase affordable green energy.”