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Equinor and Polenergia get final clearance for Bałtyk 1 offshore wind

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Equinor and Polenergia have received the final environmental decision for the Bałtyk 1 offshore wind farm in Poland’s Baltic Sea. The clearance, issued by the Regional Director for Environmental Protection in Gdańsk, marks a key milestone ahead of Poland’s 2025 offshore wind auction. Bałtyk 1 will have a planned capacity of up to 1.56 GW and will be located 81 km off the Polish coast. Power from the project will be transmitted to the Krzemienica…

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Poland approves draft law to ease onshore wind farm restrictions

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The government of Poland has approved draft legislation to relax restrictions on building onshore wind farms, moving towards fulfilling a 2023 election promise to accelerate renewable energy growth, Reuters reported.  The proposed changes, pending parliamentary approval, would reduce the required distance between wind installations and residential areas while maintaining stricter permitting rules near national parks and protected zones. Poland’s Climate Minister Paulina Hennig-Kloska stated: “The Council of Ministers has just adopted, by circulation, the draft…

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Poland finalizes energy storage subsidy program for 5 GWh deployment

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Poland’s Ministry of Climate and Environment has finalized its long-awaited energy storage subsidy program to support the deployment of more than 5 GWh of energy storage across the country. The new regulation was published in the Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland on March 7, setting the stage for the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management to launch the subsidy scheme by the end of Q1 or early Q2 2025. The…

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Ørsted and PGE reach FID for Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland

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Ørsted and Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) have made the final investment decision (FID) for the 1.5GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm off the Polish coast.  The wind farm is expected to be fully commissioned by the end of 2027. Developed in a 50/50 partnership, Ørsted and PGE will be responsible for the entire project, including offshore transmission and substations. The project will feature 107 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW-222 turbines, with installation services from Cadeler and…

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ORLEN acquires 300MW renewable energy assets in Poland

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Orlen Group, through its subsidiary ORLEN Wind 3, has finalized the acquisition of two solar photovoltaic (PV) farms and a wind farm from EDP Renewables Polska, boosting its renewable energy generation capacity by more than 300 MW. The assets include solar PV farms in the Zielona Góra and Poznań provinces, and a wind farm in the Łódź province. This acquisition raises Orlen Group’s total installed capacity to 580 MW in onshore wind farms and over…