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Four plants are already successfully feeding electricity into the public grid, while the remaining sites are in the acceptance and commissioning phase. All projects were implemented on schedule and meet the current technological and safety standards for modern solar parks.

Sustainable contribution to the regional energy transition
The new plants are making an important contribution to the decarbonization of the energy supply in northeastern Poland. By feeding into local power grids, the share of renewable energy in the region is being further increased — reducing annual CO₂ emissions by several thousand tons.In addition, the solar parks contribute to grid stabilization and security of supply in structurally weaker regions. Thanks to decentralized feed-in, the energy generated can be used directly on site – an important step toward strengthening rural economies and promoting the expansion of green infrastructure in Poland.

Part of a growing project pipeline
The projects in Warmia-Masuria are part of a comprehensive pipeline of over 300 MWp, currently at various stages of development and implementation in Poland. These investments reflect the company's commitment to consistently promoting the expansion of renewable energies in line with Poland's national energy and climate targets.

“With our projects in Poland, we are making a concrete contribution to the European energy transition – clean, economical, and sustainable,” explains Martin Tauschke, Managing Director of SUNfarming GmbH. “Our goal is to supply regions with clean electricity while strengthening local structures.”

Clean energy, real impact
With each new solar park, SUNfarming consistently pursues its mission: to generate clean energy, promote regional value creation, and actively shape the future of sustainable energy supply.

SUNfarming successfully completed seven new projects in the auction system. The latest projects are located in the provinces of Lower Silesia, Greater Poland, Lodz and Lublin. These are three 1-megawatt solar parks erected in the Lask district of Lódz, as well as four 1-megawatt investments in the provinces of Dolnoslaskie and Lubelskie. In line with the auction commitments, all seven solar parks started producing energy in June.

"We are happy about another 7 megawatts of clean energy for Poland. We thank all involved for the efficient and professional cooperation. With a planned PV capacity of 1.2 GW by 2020 with currently only about 360 MW of installed capacity, Poland represents an important future market for us, "said Martin Tauschke, Managing Director of SUNfarming GmbH and SUNfarming Polska sp.zoo.. "Further,we were able to secure 35 megawatt solar parks during the auction process in November; the planned investments are to be completed by the end of 2019 / beginning of 2020. However, we do not want to rely only on the Polish auction process, but also rely on PPA's (Power Purchase Agreements) for the development of larger projects, "explains Martin Tauschke.

The Polish auctioning system of procurement and an internal policy based on renewable energies allow SUNfarming as a medium-sized company to support the expansion of renewable energies and to make profitable investments in Poland. SUNfarming started the construction of the first 4 megawatt solar parks in Poland at the end of December 2018. By winning the tender, all PV parks benefit from a 15-year "contract for differences" with the Polish Energy Agency URE, which guarantees a fixed feed-in tariff for each kWh produced by paying the difference to the market price.

Photovoltaics is becoming increasingly important among renewable energy sources in Poland as it is the cheapest energy that can be obtained with existing technologies. In addition, the use of fallow land and soils with low soil quality spares agricultural arable land.