Orange Polska has extended a wind Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with EDF Power Solutions Polska until 2035.

The new deal extends the previous PPA by five years and is expected to supply the telco's Polish arm with approximately 200GWh per year of power, accounting for 40 percent of its total electricity demand. EDF Renewables operates five onshore wind farms in Poland, including the 48MW Linowo and 58MW Rzepin sites.

"We believe that responsibility and business development go hand in hand. Electricity from renewable sources translates into reduced CO2 emissions from our operations. We have been consistently working towards this goal for years, and now all of our electricity consumption comes from renewable sources. At the same time, a long-term energy supply contract provides greater predictability and reduced energy costs. This significantly supports our transformation and business efficiency," said Liudmila Climoc, CEO of Orange Polska.

"We, as EDF Power Solutions Polska, are pleased to be able to supply Orange Polska with energy under a long-term PPA. For 14 years, we have been expanding our operations in Poland, investing in new generation capacity, increasing the availability of energy from renewable sources, and developing energy storage technologies,” added Alicja Chilińska-Zawadzka, president of EDF Power Solutions Polska.

The PPA will support Orange in its decarbonization efforts. The company claims that since 2020 it has reduced its Scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions by 93 percent. In addition, the company said that in 2025 it powered its installations on 100 percent renewable energy for the first time.

Orange Polska has also signed a PPA in 2023 with R.Power for more than 600GWh over ten years. Before this, in 2022, it signed a 36MW wind PPA with Enertrag.

Outside Poland, the company has signed PPAs in France and Romania over the past two years.