{"id":379199,"date":"2022-06-09T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?p=379199"},"modified":"2022-06-09T06:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T04:30:00","slug":"offshore-wind-in-poland-a-potential-output-of-28-gigawatts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/offshore-wind-in-poland-a-potential-output-of-28-gigawatts\/","title":{"rendered":"Offshore wind in Poland: a potential output of 28 gigawatts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The European Union has stepped up its ambitions for 40 to 45 percent of its total energy consumption to be from green energy sources by 2030. Wind turbines play an important role. And because it is often difficult to make any headway on land due to permit procedures, and given that the wind simply blows hardest at sea, offshore power plants are very much up-and-coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is no coincidence that Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark recently unveiled ambitious plans for offshore wind farms. Capacity will have to reach 65 gigawatts in 2030 and 150 gigawatts in 2050. By way of comparison, offshore wind power plants in Europe only generated a total of 28 gigawatts last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poland also has enormous potential. The Spanish energy giant Iberdrola<\/a> has calculated that there is scope for 93 gigawatts worth of wind power plants in the Baltic Sea. Of which 28 gigawatts could come from Poland. As things stand, however, the counter is still stuck at zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It is far too expensive – that was an argument often purported by the Polish government. But change is in the air and the Corona Recovery Fund (amounting to EUR 35.4 billion) is expected to make a substantial contribution. Poland is one of the last countries to have a plan approved for the corona relief fund. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA)<\/a>, the proposals submitted by the Warsaw government in Brussels indicate that part of the corona funds will go to the offshore wind industry.<\/p>\n\n\n

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One year after its establishment, the European Commission issued a report on the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

According to the IEA, this comprises EUR 3.25 billion in subsidies for offshore wind and a further EUR 437 million for the infrastructure at ports where the electricity is to be brought ashore. At the moment, it would seem that this will be the port of Gdansk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n