Poland’s Energy Regulatory Office (URE) said that its first auction for 4 GW offshore wind capacity will take place at the end of the year.
“The first auction for offshore wind farms will take place on 17 December 2025 in electronic form via the online auction platform. The auction session will start at 8:00 a.m. and will last until 18:00,” the agency said in a statement.
“The maximum total installed electrical capacity of offshore wind farms for which the right to cover the negative balance may be granted this year shall be 4 GW,” it said.
The financing of the support system for offshore wind farms, as in the case of auctions for the sale of electricity from renewable sources, will be carried out from the renewable energy fees collected by the electricity transmission system operator.
Wind farms to power 4 million homes
In other renewable energy sector developments, Norwegian multinational energy company Equinor and Poland’s largest private energy group, Polenergia, have submitted a pre-qualification application to the URE for its 1,560 MW Baltyk 1 offshore wind project, the largest offshore wind farm project in Poland.
With the capacity to power up to two million Polish households with renewable energy, the Baltyk 1 offshore wind farm will feature up to 104 turbines.
Baltyk 1 is Equinor and Polenergia's third project in the Polish Baltic Sea, together with Baltyk 2 and Baltyk 3, for which final investment decisions were made in early 2025, in addition to secured financing.
The combined capacity of all three farms comes to 3,000 MW which is sufficient to power 4 million households. Baltyk 2 and Baltyk 3 projects are expected to come online in 2027.
Poland's energy sector continues to be heavily reliant on domestic hard coal and lignite though it is also actively pursuing renewable energy sources.
In 2024, Poland generated 28.8% of its electricity from renewables and aims to become a major player in offshore wind, with plans to install at least 3.4 GW of capacity by 2030.
(tvpworld.com, June 14, 2025)
