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Poland’s Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) has invested €25m ($28.4m) in the Swen Impact Fund for Transition 3 (Swift 3), managed by the French company Swen Capital Partners.
The funds will be used to develop biogas and biomethane projects, including in Poland, which will strengthen the country’s energy independence.
Swift 3 is a specialist infrastructure fund that focuses on decarbonising economic sectors where it is difficult to reduce emissions, such as the natural gas industry.
The fund aims to build biogas and biomethane facilities in Europe and other OECD countries using the latest technological solutions. It is the third vehicle under the ongoing investment strategy launched by Swen in 2019.
BGK’s funds will support projects that address growing demand for local and sustainable energy sources, and means projects capable of producing nearly 20 million cubic metres (cbm) of biomethane annually can be implemented.
In addition to BGK, the fund’s investors include more than a dozen financial institutions, including the European Investment Fund and Cofides, a leading Spanish development finance institution.
Jaroslaw Dabrowski, Member of the Management Board of BGK, said the energy transition is one of the greatest challenges facing the Polish economy.
“Thanks to the availability of suitable raw materials, our country has enormous potential for biogas and biomethane production – one of the highest in Europe,” he said.
“Despite this, in 2025 there were only about 400 biogas plants and just operating in Poland. It could be said that low-carbon energy is slipping through our fingers … thanks to investments like this, we can increase the use of domestic energy sources.”
He added its economy benefits twofold, firstly by bringing capital, technology and best practices to Poland and creating know-how for biomethane projects, and secondly it strengthens the circular economy in the energy sector, protecting the environment and increasing agriculture’s profitability.
Olivier Aubert, Managing Director and Head of Strategy at Swift, said the funding will lead to more resilient, local and low-carbon energy systems.
Poland has the potential to become a key partner in achieving the ambitious goal of the REPowerEU initiative, one of whose objectives is to produce 35 billion cbm of biomethane annually.
Spanish sustainable energy company Solarig plans to invest more than PLN 1.5bn ($416–420m) to through its renewable gases division, Biorig.
