SSE Renewables expands solar pipeline in Poland
Published by Jessica Casey,
Editor
Energy Global,
SSE Renewables has further expanded its solar photovoltaics (PV) pipeline in Northern Europe, with the acquisition of a 400 MW portfolio of early-stage projects in Poland from developer IBC Solar.
This follows last year’s acquisition earlier of approximately 500 MW of early-stage solar PV projects, also in Poland, from local developer, Optisol. Taken together, the two solar portfolios bring the company’s prospective pipeline of solar PV projects in Poland to 900 MW.
This pipeline will be progressed by SSE Renewables under a developer services agreement (DSA) with IBC Solar and Optisol.
A small upfront payment will be made to the developers with further payments dependent upon reaching key milestones in the development process. No significant CAPEX will be committed by SSE Renewables until final investment decisions have been taken.
Richard Cave-Bigley, Director of Solar & Battery, SSE Renewables, said: “We see Poland as one of the fastest growing solar markets in Europe and these two deals enable us to develop our pipeline with European partners. We see solar technology as a key part of SSE Renewables’ ongoing investment in net zero infrastructure. We look forward to supporting our partners IBC Solar and Optisol with the delivery of these projects and in turn assisting Poland with its ambitious decarbonisation strategy.”
Patrik Danz, CSO of IBC Solar, said: “The Polish photovoltaic market has a lot of potential and will grow continuously in the coming years. We are looking forward to a successful cooperation with SSE Renewables, which will make another important contribution to the energy transition in Poland.”
Mateusz Tabaczka, CEO of Optisol, added: “Poland has a rapidly developing energy market with exciting prospects ahead for its decarbonisation journey. We look forward to working with SSE as we develop out the 500 MW Pomerania pipeline of solar PV projects.”
SSE Renewables sees solar PV as a complementary technology to sit alongside wind in its European markets’ portfolio with huge growth potential over the coming decades.
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