The ECO Group has a new strategy. Hundreds of millions in investments, but no "leap to green heating."

• ECO announced that the company's management board received a discharge from the general meeting of shareholders for 2024 and consent to the implementation of the ECO Capital Group Development Strategy for 2025-2028.
• "The strategy is sustainable and responsible, meaning it's relevant to the times we live in. It doesn't include a leap towards green heating, but it does provide a plan to meet the requirements for energy-efficient systems," says Paweł Krawczyk, a member of the company's management board.
• The ECO Group, implementing its new development strategy, plans to spend almost PLN 800 million on investments by 2028.
• - The most important investments are decarbonization ones, based mainly on Power to Heat solutions, i.e. gas cogeneration systems, electrode boilers and heat storage facilities - says Mirosław Romanowicz, member of the management board.

ECO announced that the company's management board received a discharge for 2024 and consent to implement the strategy for 2025-2028.

It was added that Paweł Krawczyk, member of the ECO management board for economic affairs, and Mirosław Romanowicz, member of the ECO management board for operations, were reappointed for another term in June 2025.

In recent years, the company has been very active. "We have become a multi-energy group."

Mirosław Romanowicz, quoted in the press release, states that over the last five years the group has built, among others, seven high-efficiency gas cogeneration systems and new gas boilers with a total capacity of over 35 MW.

"We have built air protection systems that limit dust, SO2, and NOX emissions from heat sources with a total capacity of 100 MW. We have built a number of small photovoltaic installations with a capacity of approximately 50 kW each, and a large 1 MW photovoltaic farm was built in Opole on Harcerska Street," he emphasizes.

Paweł Krawczyk comments that one of the main goals of the past five-year term was to build a solid financial foundation enabling the group to meet its development challenges, and that this goal was achieved.

"While heat production fell by 11% during this time, electricity production – thanks to investments – increased by 90% . Today, electricity production is a strong and profitable "second leg" of our business. We have become a multi-energy group because that was the need of our energy customers," comments Krawczyk.

Decarbonization investments are the most important aspect of the new strategy

Implementing its new development strategy, the Group plans to spend a total of nearly 800 million on investments by 2028. Paweł Krawczyk comments that "the strategy is sustainable and responsible, and therefore relevant to the times we live in."

- There is no leap towards green heating , but there is a plan to keep up with the requirements for energy-efficient systems - he adds.

Mirosław Romanowicz says that the most important investments in the new strategy are decarbonization ones , based mainly on Power to Heat solutions, i.e. gas cogeneration systems, electrode boilers and heat storage facilities.

"Additionally, we plan to build a geothermal heating plant in Kutno, and a solar farm in Tarnobrzeg. In other locations, we will combine various technologies," he explains.

ECO points out that in the case of decarbonization, much will depend on support systems for the energy industry and legislative solutions.

The ECO Group was established in 2009. It consists of heating companies in Opole (ECO), Malbork, Kutno, Jelenia Góra, and Tarnobrzeg, as well as subsidiaries: ECO Serwis (dealing with the implementation of investments and renovations, as well as the ongoing maintenance of heating assets), ECO Logistyka (dealing with fuel supply), and ECO Kogeneracja (constructing and operating high-efficiency cogeneration systems).