EDP has continued its renewables drive in Poland with the acquisition of Zielona Energia, which EDP mentioned had over 58MW put in capability within the nation, because it eyes better consolidation out there transferring ahead.
In April, EDP’s Polish division acquired Polish distributed photo voltaic firm Quickly Vitality, rising its presence within the nation fivefold, the corporate mentioned on the time. The deal gave EDP entry to a neighborhood gross sales drive of round 400 individuals and a workforce with expertise in offering sustainable power options to the enterprise phase.
At this time’s acquisition “represents an additional milestone in EDP’s enlargement technique throughout the Polish PV market”, EDP mentioned, including that its contracted capability within the first half of the 12 months was practically 30MW.
“Poland is a strategic nation for this progress, the place we had been already growing wind tasks and the place, with this enterprise phase, we intend to achieve subsequent 12 months the mark of 100MWp of contracted photo voltaic capability for self-consumption,” mentioned EDP’s director Vera Pinto Pereira.
EDP mentioned its “worldwide expertise in photo voltaic power” coupled with “the native data of those corporations acquired by the group” will enable it to quickly increase out there. In 2021, EDP mentioned it consolidated its operational construction within the nation and established a gross sales community with nationwide protection.
Based in 2013, Zielona Energia serves the small and medium enterprise phase, with present clients together with faculties, company places of work and agricultural corporations.