A Polish data centre is tendering an intelligent photovoltaic system with hybrid controls and energy storage, showing how public buyers are rethinking power resilience.
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A technology park in Opole plans to install an intelligent hybrid solar and energy storage system at its data processing centre, signalling how public bodies in Poland are pairing renewables with sophisticated controls to support power-hungry digital infrastructure.
On 27th January 2026, Park Naukowo-Technologiczny w Opolu Sp. z o.o. published a contract notice for a project titled Hybrid Renewable Energy System Installation. The work covers the purchase and installation of an intelligent photovoltaic system with a hybrid control system and energy storage at the Data Processing Center in Opole.
The brief description makes clear that the buyer is not simply adding a solar array. It wants a system that combines generation, storage and control into a single solution. The hybrid control system is expected to co-ordinate how electricity from the photovoltaic installation and the storage unit is used, rather than letting each element operate in isolation.
A notable feature is the requirement to serve two separate connections, each with specific energy management characteristics. This demands a control architecture that can recognise and manage distinct parts of the site rather than treating the data centre as a single undifferentiated load.
Although the notice does not specify capacities, storage technology or detailed performance targets, it treats energy storage as a core part of the installation. That mirrors a broader pattern across recent Polish public-sector tenders, where storage is increasingly procured alongside photovoltaics from the outset.
In August 2025, Powiat Pilski issued a contract notice for the delivery of photovoltaic installations and energy storage systems for four Social Welfare Homes (Photovoltaic Installations and Energy Storage). That tender bundles panels, storage and supporting infrastructure, and requires compliance with defined technical parameters, signalling a shift from one-off solar projects to integrated energy packages for care facilities.
Similar thinking shapes municipal schemes. In September 2025, Gmina Myszków sought to purchase and install photovoltaic systems and electricity storage units at seven public facilities (Renewable Energy Installation in Myszków). In January 2026, Gmina Daleszyce launched a project to expand municipal infrastructure through photovoltaic systems with energy storage at a range of public sites (Photovoltaic Installations in Daleszyce).
Also in January 2026, the Lipowa Commune went to market for the delivery and installation of photovoltaic systems and energy storage solutions on public utility buildings, combined with legal documentation and an Energy Management System (Renewable Energy Installations Construction). By bringing an energy management layer explicitly into scope, that tender underlines how public buyers expect to monitor and control new assets rather than merely owning them.
Larger municipal schemes carry the same message. In November 2025, Miasto Suwałki advertised a project to deliver a photovoltaic installation with a capacity of up to 635 kWp and a container energy storage unit, to be mounted across various building surfaces and built to detailed technical requirements (Photovoltaic Installation and Energy Storage). Here, containerised storage is treated as a standard element of the package, not an experimental add-on.
Taken together, these contracts show how expectations around public-sector solar have evolved. New projects tend to specify storage, control and documentation from the start, and often span multiple buildings. The Opole data centre project fits that pattern, even though it targets a single facility rather than a dispersed portfolio of sites.
Healthcare and utility providers are also embedding renewables and storage into core operations. In November 2025, Warmińsko-Mazurskie Centrum Chorób Płuc w Olsztynie tendered for the delivery, installation and commissioning of a photovoltaic system and energy storage (Photovoltaic System Installation). The notice highlights the need for qualified supervision, detailed documentation and warranties, reflecting the additional scrutiny applied when energy works take place in a specialist medical centre.
In the water and wastewater sector, Katowickie Inwestycje S.A. set out plans in October 2025 to design, deliver and install photovoltaic systems and a cogeneration unit across several sewage treatment facilities (Renewable Energy Installation Project). Around the same time, Górnośląskie Przedsiębiorstwo Wodociągów Spółka Akcyjna sought the design, construction and commissioning of a photovoltaic installation of up to 500 kW at its Miasteczko Śląskie site, supported by legal documentation and co-financing under the European Funds for Silesia programme (Renewable Energy Installation Project).
In January 2026, Miasto Katowice went out to tender for design documentation for two photovoltaic installations with energy storage (Photovoltaic Installation Documentation). The stated aim is to reduce emissions and improve air quality, spelling out environmental objectives that are implicit in many of the other schemes.
Transport operators are moving in a similar direction. On 27th January 2026, Zakład Komunikacji Miejskiej Zawiercie sp. z o.o. published a tender to design, deliver and install photovoltaic systems with energy storage for the Municipal Transport Authority in Zawiercie (Photovoltaic Systems Installation for Transport Authority). The scope includes obtaining permits, modernising electrical infrastructure and training users, showing how deeply such projects can reach into day-to-day operations.
Against this backdrop, the Opole data processing centre project stands out as another example of service-delivery infrastructure being paired with on-site renewable generation, storage and advanced control. While the notice does not spell out service-continuity requirements, it explicitly combines on-site generation, storage and a hybrid control system at a data processing centre, a configuration that offers the buyer more direct control over how power is managed at that location.
Several recent tenders point to an even broader treatment of storage within public-sector energy projects. In December 2025, Gmina Zagórów launched a contract to design, supply, install and commission renewable energy systems for residents, including photovoltaic installations, energy storage systems and heat pumps aimed at producing and storing renewable energy locally (Renewable Energy Systems Installation). The focus here is not a single facility but distributed assets across a municipality.
For public buildings, GMINA CZECHOWICE-DZIEDZICE is procuring the construction of renewable energy installations that combine photovoltaic systems, energy storage and heat pumps across multiple utility buildings, with full design, installation and commissioning services (Renewable Energy Installations Construction). By integrating several technologies under one contract, the buyer is seeking a coherent system rather than a set of unrelated devices.
Some projects go further by blending different forms of storage. On 23rd January 2026, the cooperative SPÓŁDZIELNIA NYSKA ELEKTROWNIA SPOŁECZNA advertised plans to design and construct a photovoltaic power plant with a capacity of up to 10 MW, including a battery energy storage system and green hydrogen storage, together with associated technical infrastructure and documentation in Nysa (Photovoltaic Power Plant Construction). Here, electrical and hydrogen storage sit alongside large-scale solar, expanding the range of options for how and when energy can be used.
Distributed energy is also becoming more structured. In December 2025, Gmina Łapsze Niżne launched what it describes as a pioneering project in the sector of distributed energy for the certified energy cluster of the Czorsztyn Reservoir (Distributed Energy Project for Czorsztyn Reservoir). The contract covers the design, supply and installation of photovoltaic systems, heat pumps and energy storage for public and residential buildings in three municipalities, linking generation and storage assets around a shared geographical feature.
Within this landscape, the Opole hybrid renewable energy system occupies an interesting middle ground. It is more complex than a straightforward rooftop array, with its emphasis on intelligence, hybrid control and separate connection management, but smaller and more focused than the cluster-scale or multi-technology schemes in places such as Nysa or around the Czorsztyn Reservoir.
Details of the Opole system will become clearer as technical specifications and implementation plans emerge. For now, the contract notice confirms that the Data Processing Center will receive an integrated package covering photovoltaic generation, energy storage and a hybrid control system capable of handling two distinct connections.
Observers of Poland’s public-sector energy market will be watching how this project interacts with the broader shift towards storage-backed renewables. Recent tenders span social care homes, hospitals, water infrastructure, transport depots and residential schemes, and include approaches ranging from containerised storage in Suwałki to combined battery and hydrogen storage in Nysa.
Whether the Opole installation remains a one-off or becomes a model for other data processing and digital facilities, it underlines a clear direction of travel. Public buyers are starting to treat generation, storage and control as parts of a single system, and upcoming procurements will show how far that integrated approach can help them cut emissions, improve air quality and manage energy use across their estates.
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