ESG Report of the Enea Capital Group for 2023

Development of energy generation from renewable sources

  • GRI 3-3,
  • INTERNAL INDICATOR 24

In line with the ENEA Group Development Strategy until 2030 with an outlook to 2040, we develop energy generation from renewable sources. Our actual RES portfolio includes photovoltaic farms, onshore and biogas plants. In 2023, we generated 2 284 GWh of renewable energy, 15 percent more compared with 2022, and investments in RES only in Enea Nowa Energia exceeded PLN 90 million. In the entire Enea Group, including acquisitions, it was PLN 370 million. In the coming years we plan to continue our involvement in renewable energy investments.

GOOD PRACTICE

In 2023, we added three companies generating renewable energy to our Group: PRO-WIND, PV Tykocin and PV Genowefa with total capacity of 47 MWe.

Enea Group’s energy production from Generation units

Item 2022 2023 Change %
Enea Group
Total net generation of electricity [GWh] 26 214 21 344 -18.6%
Net generation from conventional sources [GWh] 24 265 19 060 -21.5%
RES generation [GWh] 1 949 2 284 17.2%
Gross heat production [TJ] 7 861 7 369 -6.3%
Enea Wytwarzanie
Net generation from conventional sources [GWh] 17 118 13 945 -18.4%
including: Kozienice Power Plant. unit 11
Net generation from conventional sources [GWh] 4 347 4 535 4.3%
Average net load [MW] 757 713 -5.8%
Gross heat production [TJ] 586 493 -15.9%
Enea Nowa Energia
Gross heat production [TJ] 286 295 3.1%
Hydropower plants 108 107 -0.9%
Wind farms 167 172 3.0%
Biogas plants 9 8 -11.1%
PV farms 3 8 166.7%
PV Genowefa. PRO-WIND. PV Tykocin – companies owned by the Enea Group1)
RES generation [GWh] 6 100.0%
Enea Elektrownia Połaniec
Total net generation of electricity [GWh] 8 376 6 628 -20.9%
Net generation from conventional sources [GWh] 6 938 4 870 -29.8%
RES generation (biomass firing – Green Unit) [GWh] 1 128 1 507 33.6%
RES generation (biomass co-firing) [GWh] 309 252 -18.4%
Gross heat production [TJ] 2 417 2 295 -5.0%
Enea Ciepło
Total net generation of electricity [GWh] 383 360 -6.0%
RES generation [GWh] 224 224
PEC Oborniki
Gross heat production [TJ] 116 116
MEC Piła
Net generation from conventional sources [GWh] 50 109 118.0%
Gross heat production [TJ] 751 737 -1.9%

1) The volumes for PRO-WIND, PV Tykocin and PV Genowefa correspond to the revenue from sales of electricity in the period. The 2023 and Q4 2023 figures for the new companies are the same, because in the interim report for Q1–Q3 2023 the data was not reported.

Enea Nowa Energia investments

Investment project Value [PLN bln]
Investment projects completed in 2023
– PV Krzęcin – 6.6 MW, independent project, construction outsourced 22.7
– Purchase and investment of capital into Bejsce Wind Farm building a 19.8 MW wind farm 17.1
– Other development, modernisation, replacement and renovation projects 13.2
– PV Jastrowie II – 8 MW, independent project, construction outsourced 10.7
– PV Dygowo I – 8 MW, independent project, construction outsourced 10.6
– PV-FW Lubno I – 3 MW, independent project, construction outsourced 7.2
– PV Darżyno – 2 MW, independent project, construction outsourced 5.8
– PV Lubno I and II – 2x 1 MW, independent project, construction outsourced 5.7
  • construction of offshore wind farm – Enea SA holds a 33.81% interest in Elektrownia Wiatrowa Baltica 5 sp. z o.o.; in August 2023, the company obtained a permit from the Minister of Infrastructure to construct and operate artificial islands in area 60.E.4 on the Baltic Sea, where construction of an offshore wind farm is being considered,
  • development of Enea’s own 525 MW projects, with 410 MW by special-purpose vehicles carrying out their own greenfield projects and the rest by Enea Nowa Energia; most of them have the perspective of energyization in the years 2025-2030, the vast majority of them are photovoltaic farms, but wind farms are also planned. The Group acquired four companies: FW Bejsce, PV Tykocin, PRO-WIND and PV Genowefa,
  • projects implemented by the Połaniec Power Plant covering units 2 through 7; changes associated with co-firing of coal and biomass; some of the projects are being designed, some are already being developed,
  • Enea Ciepło in Białystok getting ready for the construction of a biomass-fired power unit,
  • renewable energy clusters – in 2023, the Group considered various forms of collaboration in clusters and discussed were held concerning the development of local RES; the Enea Group’s companies worked with eight energy clusters,
  • investment projects of Enea Operator: construction of ten new transformer stations (GPZ), which enhance and stabilise the operation of the grid, thus reducing the number of refusals to connect new RES to the grid,
  • continued collaboration with the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Centre with the objective to create a local energy balancing system and the use of artificial intelligence in the analysis of measurement data from remote reading meters,
  • supporting hydrogen valley initiatives and academic research. Enea Nowa Energia in Wielkopolska Hydrogen Valley, Enea and Enea Operator in Zachodniopomorska Hydrogen Valley and Enea Wytwarzanie in Central Hydrogen Valley.

As far as distribution is concerned, we seek to transform Enea Operator’s distribution network into a Smart Grid. Expansion of the technical infrastructure will increase the efficiency of the grid and offer more opportunities for remote monitoring and control. This is particularly important considering that the distribution system must be adapted to the dynamically growing share of distributed sources. Expansion of the smart grid is also integral to the development of energy storage, electromobility and better integration across the RES system, and a step towards building a new, decentralised energy system. Enea Operator’s total capital expenditures in 2023 amounted to more than PLN 1.8 billion.

RES in Enea Operator’s area of operations connected in 2016–2023

*The list does not include cogeneration sources (340.8 MW) or RES connected under the C1x and C2x tariffs (9.5 MW).

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