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Poland · Battery storage · Solar

The grid connection outlives the power plant.

We develop battery storage and solar projects on the sites of retiring coal and gas power plants, together with their owners, using the grid connection that is already there.

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Insight

New projects wait years for grid access. Retiring plants already have it.

As coal and gas plants close, they leave behind industrial land and a high-capacity connection to the grid. That is exactly what new energy projects lack. We give it a second life.

High-voltage substation at a power plant site at night
Transmission lines crossing misty farmland at dawn
Grid capacity is the new bottleneck of the energy transition.

Approach

Partnership, not acquisition.

We do not buy power plants. We partner with the owners and take the project from idea to ready-to-build.

  1. 01

    The owner contributes

    The site and the grid connection, in exchange for a share in the new project.

  2. 02

    We develop

    Design, permits, grid studies, funding and financing.

  3. 03

    Ready to build

    A finished project for energy funds and power producers.

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Core

Battery storage

On the plant site, connected directly to the existing grid connection.

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Where there is space

Solar

On ash deposits and industrial land with few other uses.

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Where permitted

Wind

Considered where the site and local rules allow it.

Partners

Built together with those who own the sites.

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Plant owners

Give your site a second life.

Your land and grid connection become the foundation of a new project: a possible new revenue stream for you, and a partner who carries the development. You keep a share in the project.

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Investors

Early access to new projects.

Battery storage and solar projects in Poland, developed on sites that already have what most projects lack: a grid connection.

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Apply

Submit your site for assessment.

Own a coal or gas plant that is closing or running at low capacity? Tell us about the site. The assessment is free and non-binding.

  1. 01

    Submit your site

    A few basic facts about the plant, the land and the grid connection.

  2. 02

    We assess it

    We look at the grid connection, the land and the regulatory conditions, and get back to you.

  3. 03

    Partnership proposal

    If the site is suitable, we propose a partnership: a possible new revenue stream for you, and a partner who carries the development.

Team

The people behind DB Infrastructure.

Let’s talk about your site.

Own a coal or gas plant that is closing, or want to learn more? Write to us in English, Polish or Norwegian.

post@dbinfrastructure.no