Significance for regional and local development

Increasing connection capacity by us makes it possible for regions and local communities to develop, among others, facilitating the acquisition of investors by local governments. Expansion and modernization of electrical grids makes it possible to improve the spatial development of cities, towns, townships and counties, allows for connecting RES installations and develop energy clusters. We also exert influence on the life of local communities by creating jobs and paying taxes and charges to local government’s budgets. On the other hand, connecting new clients to our CHP plants improves the living conditions of local communities by improving the microclimate.

The support provided by the ENEA Group for the development of renewable energy sources can have a significant impact on the development of the region. The townships where such investments are made receive tax revenue: from property taxes, from legal entities investing in renewable energy sources, and from natural persons, such as farmers who lease their land for wind farms and receive taxable income as a result. What is important, RES is considered to be a non-intrusive industry, so the land allocated for such investments does not lose its utility and tourism value.

We cooperate with local vocational and technical schools, including schools preparing for work in the energy industry, in our endorsed schools program, as well as provide students with practical training in cooperation with their universities (dual studies). We offer paid internships and unpaid or paid apprenticeships for students through the “ENEA Onboarding” program. We work with the endorsed schools to provide scholarships for the most talented students, co-finance equipment for classrooms and organize trips and contests. The students are obliged to have mandatory apprenticeships in Group companies. Additionally, as part of the fourth edition of the Enea Academy of Talent program, we are launching an offer for primary (from the fourth grade) and secondary school students, as well as schools and organizations with an initiative to actively support talented young people. The program is aimed at children and institutions from the areas where our Group has the most business – mainly from the north-western voivodships, and from Kozienice, Połaniec, Białystok and Łęczna in the Lublin voivodship. Thanks to an ENEA scholarship, enthusiasts of electronics, biology, mathematics or music, for example, will be able to develop their scientific passions.