PGE Switches On 7-MW Pokrzywnica Solar Farm in Mazowieckie Province

• Polish utility PGE has brought the 7-MW Pokrzywnica photovoltaic farm online in Mazowieckie, adding fresh renewable capacity to central Poland’s power mix.

Poland’s largest power group, PGE, has energised its latest renewable asset—a 7-MW solar park near the village of Pokrzywnica in the Mazowieckie province. The facility, developed and now operated by the company’s green-energy arm PGE Energia Odnawialna, began supplying electricity to the grid earlier this week after clearing final commissioning tests.

Although modest in size compared with utility-scale projects under construction elsewhere in the country, the Pokrzywnica farm carries symbolic weight. The array sits just 60 kilometres north of Warsaw, a reminder that Poland’s energy transition is no longer confined to former mining regions in the south but is spreading across central voivodeships as well. Roughly 13,000 bifacial modules have been installed on the 10-hectare site, taking advantage of reflected light from the ground to squeeze additional output from each panel.

PGE estimates the park will generate around 8,000 MWh of electricity annually—enough to cover the consumption of approximately 4,000 households and avoid 6,800 tonnes of carbon-dioxide emissions per year. Power will be sold into the domestic market under Poland’s auction-based support scheme, providing a predictable revenue stream that underpins further investment.

“The completion of Pokrzywnica is another brick in the wall of our 2030 strategy, which targets at least 3 GW of installed solar capacity,” said Sebastian Kłęk, head of development at PGE Energia Odnawialna, during a brief ceremony held on site. “Every megawatt commissioned today accelerates our exit from coal tomorrow.”

Indeed, PGE’s renewable pipeline has expanded rapidly since the company set out its decarbonisation roadmap three years ago. In addition to solar, the utility is pressing ahead with onshore and offshore wind projects and is exploring battery storage to stabilise its growing portfolio of variable generation.

Local authorities have welcomed the project, noting that the municipality will collect additional property-tax revenue while benefiting from upgrades to rural roads carried out during construction. Residents also stand to gain from planned educational programmes on solar energy that PGE intends to launch in nearby schools.

With Pokrzywnica now feeding clean power into the grid, PGE has turned its attention to a cluster of larger photovoltaic sites slated to break ground later this year in Lublin and Podlaskie. Investors will be watching closely: each successful start-up tightens Poland’s gap with EU renewable-energy targets and chips away at the country’s long-standing dependence on lignite and hard coal.