Owner of Mega Image and Profi contracts 370 GWh a year from the Dama Solar and Dunărea East parks for ten years

Ahold Delhaize, the group that owns the Mega Image, Profi and Shop&Go chains in Romania, has signed a ten-year virtual power purchase agreement (vPPA) with independent producer Rezolv Energy for 370 GWh of renewable electricity a year, the companies announced on 5 November.

What was signed. The volume represents about 14% of the combined output of two projects under development: the Dama Solar photovoltaic park in Arad County and the Dunărea East wind farm in Constanța County. Ahold Delhaize will receive the corresponding guarantees of origin for ten years from the start of commercial operation of the parks, expected in 2029.

The figures. According to Rezolv Energy, Dama Solar will have 1.3 GWp, cover more than 1,000 hectares and produce about 1,800 GWh a year, while Dunărea East will have 300 MW. Together, the two projects are expected to produce about 2,580 GWh annually, almost 5% of Romania’s electricity consumption in 2025. Both won contracts for difference in Romania’s second auction of this kind, in 2025, in which the company’s three winning bids totalled 731.2 MW.

Context. It is the eighth vPPA signed by Rezolv Energy in Romania and Bulgaria, the first with a retail company and the first covering both projects. “We are pleased to support the development of these wind and solar projects in Romania,” said Lenka Duskova, Chief Financial Officer of Ahold Delhaize Europe & Indonesia.

Statements. Alastair Hammond, Chief Executive of Rezolv Energy, described the agreement as one of the largest and most important corporate renewable energy contracts ever signed in South-Eastern Europe.

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