Polish renewable energy firm R.Power has finalized a 15-year virtual Power Purchase Agreement (vPPA) with Cisco Systems, a US networking firm, to support the development of four new solar projects in Poland.

The four projects tied to the PPA are the Wydartowo, Bieżyce, Ostrzeniewo III, and Nowy Zagór III projects, located across the Polish market. Combined, the projects will deliver 470GWh of power over the contract’s duration. The solar projects are all expected to reach operational status in 2027. R.Power did not disclose the capacity of the projects.

“We are proud to support the growth of renewable energy in Europe through this partnership,” said Evan Scott Brown, renewable energy and utilities manager, Cisco. “This agreement not only aligns with Cisco’s commitment to powering a more resilient energy future, but also directly supports operational needs, including the expansion of our lab facilities in Krakow. This collaboration is a powerful example of how partnership can increase clean energy access while providing business value.”

The vPPA was signed through the ESG advisory firm Sustainability Roundtable’s Net Zero Consortium for Buyers (NZCB). NZCB connects corporate electricity buyers with renewable energy developers to facilitate long-term energy supply agreements.

Reports on the PPA first emerged last year, but lacked specifics about the projects tied to the deal.

“Partnering with Cisco reinforces R.Power’s position as a leading multi-technology renewable energy producer in Central Europe. Cisco’s long-term commitment directly enables new solar capacity in Poland and supports the wider adoption of clean energy underway across the region,” said Rafał Hajduk, CCO, R.Power.

R.Power is a renewable developer that specializes in utility-scale solar, onshore wind farms, and battery energy storage facilities. The company has around 1.7GW of projects built or under construction across Poland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Germany, and Romania.

It has signed PPAs with several companies across the digital infrastructure space. In October, the company inked a 164MW solar PPA with Amazon, which will see it supply power from two solar projects in the Opole and West Pomeranian Voivodeships in Poland.

Before this, last February, it signed an 11-year PPA with Polish telco Play to supply 240GWh of power. The energy will be delivered from R.Powers’ solar portfolio in Wielkopolskie Voivodship, a province in Poland’s west-central region. The region’s solar assets have a combined capacity of 18MW.

Cisco has signed several PPAs over recent years in an effort to decarbonize its operations. In March, the firm signed a PPA with X-Elio to procure 100MW of solar power in Texas.

In February 2024, Cisco inked a 15-year vPPA to offtake from a 37MW solar farm in Spain developed by IGNIS. The farm is set to match all of Cisco’s European energy needs.