Pan‑European Independent Power Producer R.Power has agreed a new multi‑year contract with Axpo to optimise the operation of a major battery energy storage system in Poland.
The deal covers a 300 MW/1,200 MWh installation planned for Dzięgielewo in east‑central Poland, marking the largest optimisation agreement to date for a single BESS project in Central and Eastern Europe and one of the biggest across Europe.
The contract follows January’s announcement of the partners’ optimisation arrangement for the Jedwabno BESS in northern Poland, further extending their long‑standing collaboration. Beginning at the start of commercial operation and running until the end of 2038, the agreement uses a profit‑sharing model supported by a minimum revenue floor to underpin the long‑term viability of one of Poland’s largest planned storage assets. The project forms part of R.Power’s 1.7 GW/6.3 GWh national storage pipeline.
Once operational, the Dzięgielewo system is expected to boost flexibility in Poland’s power network, aid the integration of rising renewable generation and deliver essential balancing services.
Axpo Polska Managing Director Mateusz Marczewski said: “Our partnership with R.Power on the Dzięgielewo project is another step towards building Axpo’s leading position in the large-scale energy storage segment in Poland. Our goal remains to maximise the value of our partners’ assets throughout their entire life cycle – from participation in power and ancillary services markets to a commercialisation model tailored to bankability requirements.”
Axpo Polska Head of Origination Krzysztof Włodyga added: “The trust we have built with R.Power through PPA projects and our recent agreement for Jedwabno enabled us, in a short time, to define a cooperation framework for an asset as large as the Dzięgielewo storage project. A key challenge was scaling solutions to 300 MW and refining them in the context of rapidly evolving operational and regulatory standards.”
The companies’ partnership already includes long‑term PPAs for around 300 MW of solar capacity and optimisation of the 150 MW/300 MWh Jedwabno facility. With the new agreement, Axpo’s contracted storage capacity with R.Power rises to 450 MW/1,500 MWh.
R.Power Chief Commercial Officer Rafał Hajduk said: “We are expanding our energy storage base to structurally balance our growing PV portfolio and deliver stable, clean energy in Europe. Long-term commercialisation agreements such as this are not only fundamental to delivery of our own pipeline but also lay the groundwork for growth of utility-scale BESS in highly promising markets such as Poland. Our multi-year partnership with Axpo and recent experience on the Jedwabno project enabled rapid and effective alignment on the framework for Dzięgielewo, which will set a new benchmark for energy storage in CEE.”
The Dzięgielewo contract further strengthens Axpo’s role as a technology and trading partner for large‑scale storage in Poland. Axpo has been active in the country for 25 years, managing around 16 TWh of renewable energy and developing projects in solar, storage and biogas.
Image: Frontbild Batterie Innovation. Credit: Axpo
