Lodz a pioneer of green transformation – Poland’s first partnership between local government and RE-Source Poland Hub Foundation for cPPA!

The RE-Source Poland Hub Foundation and the City of Lodz are launching a groundbreaking collaboration to develop a model for the public sector to purchase green energy based on corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs). This is the first project of its kind in Poland that will allow local government units to purchase energy directly from a RES generator.

The cooperation was inaugurated in the unique spaces of EC1 Łódź – City of Culture, where together with local government officials, experts and industry representatives, we discussed the challenges and potential of cPPA for the public sector.

– Facilitating the cPPA process for local government units can become their game changer on the road to green innovation. However, local governments will not choose to sign such agreements unless the government implements appropriate regulations to enable their wider use. Meanwhile, the public sector is a reliable and stable customer, which makes them an attractive partner for green energy generators, emphasizes Szymon Kowalski, vice president of the RE-Source Poland Hub Foundation.

Until now, cPPAs have been the domain of large private companies. Today, they are also becoming a viable tool for cities and municipalities that want to achieve climate goals while stabilizing energy spending and supporting the local economy.

During the debate accompanying the event, with the participation of, among others. Adam Pustelnik, Maciej Riemer (City of Lodz), Paulina Grądzik (Confederation of Leviathan) and Michal Niewiadomski (moderator), made it clear that the growing cPPA market and the RES investment boom are creating new opportunities for the public sector.

President Hanna Zdanowska stressed that Lodz wants to be a leader in the green transformation of local governments in Poland, reaching for innovative solutions from the energy market, which until now have been reserved mainly for business.

This joint project is the beginning of a systemic change aimed at creating a legal framework and procedures to enable widespread implementation of cPPA in the public sector. This also sends an important signal to the RES industry: local governments are ready to act if we create the right conditions for them.