A total of 11,000 square meters of panels are in operation at the company’s 360 substations, with the potential to generate nearly 2 GWh of clean energy per year.

As part of the research and development project, an energy storage system based on hydrogen produced using energy from a solar farm will be built at the Garbce traction power substation.

PKP Energetyka unwaveringly invests in state-of-the-art technological solutions for the Polish railway. The company has published a tender for the supply of hydrogen-based energy storage system components. It will be the first solution of this kind in Poland dedicated to railways, being a significant step towards the development of railways based on renewable energy sources.

The energy reservoir, which was built in Garbce, in the commune of Żmigród (50 km from Wrocław in Lower Silesia Region, Poland), can single power a train traveling at a speed of 160 km per hour.