Equinor wraps up 58MW Polish PV develop

Oct 5, 2022 02:04 PM ET
  • Developer's regional subsidiary will certainly run the Stępień solar plant situated in the Warmia area of the country
Equinor wraps up 58MW Polish PV develop
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Equinor has full the building of a 58MW solar plant in Poland.

The Stępień solar plant awaits procedure and also will be run by Wento, Equinor's 100% subsidiary, which it acquired in 2021.

Stępień is located in the Braniewo municipality, part of the Warmia area in the north of Poland.

"With Wento, we are distinctly placed to build a product solar portfolio in among Europe's a lot of swiftly growing renewable energy markets.

"Throughout the very first year of our ownership, we approved building of three solar plants in Poland with a complete capacity of 171MW.

"Today, we are proud to inaugurate our first solar plant Stępień, while the two other plants are expected to be ready in 2023-2024", claimed Olav Kolbeinstveit, senior vice president for power and markets within Renewables at Equinor.

Equinor plans to bring the power from the solar plant to the market through a power acquisition agreement.

Danske Commodities has signed a stabilizing agreement with Equinor for Stepien, which marks its entrance right into the Polish renewables market.

Under the agreement, Danske Commodities will give market access and harmonizing for Stepien.

"We are proud to introduce Danske Commodities' initial renewables handle Poland.

"With more than one decade of experience trading power in the Polish market, we will utilize our trading knowledge to sustain energy producers with balancing as well as route-to-market services," stated Jesper Tronborg, VP, Head of Global Trading & Market Development at Danske Commodities.


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