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Wind power in Poland

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Wind power is a growing source of electricity in Poland. In 2019, wind was the second most important source of electricity produced in Poland, after coal, accounting for about 10% of the electricity production.

History

From 2012 to 2014 the Nowy Tomyśl Wind Turbines were the tallest wind turbines in the world with a pinnacle height of {{Convert|210|m|ft}}. They are still the tallest wind turbines installed on lattice towers.

In May 2018 state-owned PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna decided to invest in offshore wind power pending delayed negotiations on building nuclear power plants in Poland. They aim to build 2.5 GW by 2030.{{cite news |url=https://www.powerengineeringint.com/articles/2018/05/poland-s-largest-power-group-opts-to-back-wind-over-nuclear.html |title=Poland's largest power group opts to back wind over nuclear |website=Power Engineering International |date=11 May 2018 |accessdate=12 September 2018}}

The total wind power grid-connected capacity in Poland was 9,428.3 MW as of 31 December 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rynekelektryczny.pl/moc-zainstalowana-farm-wiatrowych-w-polsce/|title = Moc zainstalowana farm wiatrowych w Polsce | Rynek Elektryczny}}{{cite web | url=https://www.rynekelektryczny.pl/moc-zainstalowana-oze-w-polsce/ | title=Moc zainstalowana OZE w Polsce | Rynek Elektryczny }} In September 2020, the government announced a 130 billion zloty (£26.5 billion) plan to invest in offshore wind.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/environment/2020/10/22/can-poland-dirty-man-europe-end-love-affair-coal/ |title=Can Poland, the dirty man of Europe, end its love affair with coal? |last1=Gatten |first1=Emma |last2=Suszko |first2=Agnieszka |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url-access=subscription |date=22 October 2020 |access-date=23 October 2020}} According to Poland's Supreme Audit Office, the Polish areas of the Baltic Sea could generate up to 28 GW in offshore wind power.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-14 |title=Offshore wind energy needs wind in the sails |url=https://www.nik.gov.pl/en/news/offshore-wind-energy-needs-wind-in-the-sails.html |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Supreme Audit Office of Poland}} The Polish government's energy development plan aims for an installation of 5.9GW of offshore wind power by 2030 and 11GW by 2040. A 1.5 GW offshore wind farm is currently being built near Słupsk.{{cite web |last1=Memija |first1=Adnan |date=20 April 2023 |title=Ørsted and PGE Pick Siemens Gamesa 14 MW Turbines for Polish Offshore Wind Project |url=https://www.offshorewind.biz/2023/04/20/orsted-and-pge-pick-siemens-gamesa-14-mw-turbines-for-polish-offshore-wind-project/ |website=Offshore Wind}}

Capacity and production

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|+ Cumulative wind capacity in Poland

Year

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Installed capacity (MW){{cite web

|url= http://www.ewea.org/fileadmin/ewea_documents/documents/statistics/cumulative_wind_per_ms_1998_2009_ws.xls

|format=XLS

|title= Wind energy development in the EU 1998 to 2009

|publisher=European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) |year=2010

|accessdate=15 March 2012}}{{cite web

|url= http://ewea.org/fileadmin/ewea_documents/documents/publications/statistics/Stats_2011.pdf

|title=Wind in power: 2011 European statistics

|publisher=European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)

|date=February 2012

|accessdate=15 March 2012}}[http://www.pwea.pl/pl/energetyka-wiatrowa Polish Wind Energy Association]

| 0 || 27 || 63 || 63 || 83 || 153 || 276 || 544 || 725

| 1,180 || 1,616 || 2,497 || 3,390 || 3,834 {{Cite web|url=http://www.euractiv.com/sections/energy/polands-renewable-capacity-grows-94-6-gw-2014-311760|title = Poland's renewable capacity grows 9.4% to 6 GW in 2014|date = 3 February 2015}}

|5,100EWEA: [https://www.eurobserv-er.org/pdf/wind-energy-barometer-2017-en/ "Wind in power: 2017 European statistics"], February 2017

|5,782

|5,917{{Cite web|date=31 December 2019|title=Urząd Regulacji Energetyki – Odnawialne źródła energii – Moc zainstalowana [MW] – stan na dzień 31.12.2019 r|url=https://www.ure.gov.pl/download/9/10905/mocIVkw2019.pdf|access-date=1 February 2022|website=Urząd Regulacji Energetyki}}

|6,294

|7,306

|8,256

|9,428

|10,140[https://www.rynekelektryczny.pl/moc-zainstalowana-fotowoltaiki-w-polsce/]

Generation (GWh){{cite web

|url= https://www.entsoe.eu/resources/data-portal/country-packages/

|title= Production, Consumption, Exchange Package: Poland

|work= Country Data Packages

|publisher= European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E)

|accessdate=15 March 2012}}

| || || || || 132 || 234 || 506 || 796 || 1,051

| 1,843 || 2,745 || 4,435 || 5,822 || 7,184 {{Cite web|url=http://www.gwec.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/GWEC_Global_Wind_2014_Report_LR.pdf|title=GWEC Global Wind Report, 2014}}

|10,858

|11,623

|14,685[https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/0e6c808d-9b05-4db0-b347-7bb60a6f1014/Archive_Table_Revised4.xlsx Archive table] blob.core.windows.net

|15,800{{Cite web|title=Gospodarka paliwowo-energetyczna w latach 2019 i 2020|url=https://stat.gov.pl/obszary-tematyczne/srodowisko-energia/energia/gospodarka-paliwowo-energetyczna-w-latach-2019-i-2020,4,16.html|access-date=1 February 2022}}

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% of electricity production

| || || || || 0.1% || 0.2% || 0.3% || 0.6% || 0.8%

| 1.3% || 1.8% || 2.74% || 3.53% || 4.59%

|*6.6%{{Cite web|url=https://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/energy-policies-of-iea-countries---poland-2016-review.html|title=Publication: Energy Policies of IEA Countries - Poland 2016 Review|website=www.iea.org|access-date=2017-06-03}}

|7.1%{{Cite web|url=http://psew.pl/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Stan-energetyki-wiatrowej-w-Polsce-w-2016-r.pdf|title=Polish Wind Energy Association, The State of Wind Energy in Poland 2016}}

|9.8%

|10.0%

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colspan="23" |*Provisional estimate

As of the end of 2015, total installed capacity was 5.1 gigawatts (GW), which provided 10,858 gigawatt-hours (GW·h) — around 6.22% of the electricity consumed in the country.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gwec.net/wp-content/uploads/vip/GWEC-Global-Wind-2015-Report_April-2016_22_04.pdf|title=GWEC, Global Wind Report 2015}} By year end 2016 total installed capacity had risen to 5,782 MW.

Energy production sources are also registered by the state Energy Regulatory Office (URE).{{Cite web|url=https://www.ure.gov.pl/pl/sekcja/456,Odnawialne-Zrodla-Energii.html|title = Odnawialne Źródła Energii}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.elektrownie-wiatrowe.org.pl/rozwoj_rynku_oze_w_polscerozwoj_rynku_oze_w_polsce2.htm|title=Polskie Stowarzyszenie Energetyki Wiatrowej elektrownie wiatrowe energetyka wiatrowa - Rozwój rynku OZE w Polsce na 30.06.2008|date=October 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013010531/http://www.elektrownie-wiatrowe.org.pl/rozwoj_rynku_oze_w_polscerozwoj_rynku_oze_w_polsce2.htm |archive-date=2008-10-13 }}

= Comparison to European Union wind power =

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! colspan="22" style="text-align:center; background:#cfb;"| EU and Poland wind energy capacity (MW){{cite web|url=http://www.ewea.org/fileadmin/ewea_documents/documents/statistics/cumulative_wind_per_ms_1998_2009_ws.xls|title=Cumulative installed capacity per EU Member State 1998–2009 (MW)|author=EWEA Staff|publisher=European Wind Energy Association|year=2010|access-date=2010-05-22}}{{cite web|url=http://ewea.org/fileadmin/ewea_documents/documents/statistics/EWEA_Annual_Statistics_2010.pdf|title=EWEA Annual Statistics 2010|author=EWEA Staff|publisher=European Wind Energy Association|date=February 2011|access-date=2011-01-31}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ewea.org/fileadmin/ewea_documents/documents/publications/statistics/Stats_2011.pdf|title=EWEA Annual Statistics 2011|author=EWEA Staff|publisher=European Wind Energy Association|date=February 2012|access-date=2011-02-18}}[http://www.ewea.org/fileadmin/files/library/publications/statistics/Wind_in_power_annual_statistics_2012.pdf Wind in power: 2012 European statistics] February 2013{{Cite web|url=http://www.euractiv.com/sections/energy/polands-renewable-capacity-grows-94-6-gw-2014-311760|title = Poland's renewable capacity grows 9.4% to 6 GW in 2014|date = 3 February 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ure.gov.pl/uremapoze/mapa.html|title=Mapa odnawialnych źródeł energii na podstawie udzielonych przez Prezesa URE koncesji oraz wpisów do rejestrów prowadzonych przez Prezesa URE i Prezesa ARR|website=www.ure.gov.pl}}{{cite web|url=http://www.elektrownie-wiatrowe.org.pl/rozwoj_rynku_oze_w_polscerozwoj_rynku_oze_w_polsce2.htm|title=Polish Wind Association Web Site|website=elektrownie-wiatrowe.org.pl|access-date=2017-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013010531/http://www.elektrownie-wiatrowe.org.pl/rozwoj_rynku_oze_w_polscerozwoj_rynku_oze_w_polsce2.htm|archive-date=2008-10-13|url-status=dead}}

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-align=left | EU-27220,253[https://windeurope.org/intelligence-platform/product/wind-energy-in-europe-2023-statistics-and-the-outlook-for-2024-2030/]204,499[https://windeurope.org/data-and-analysis/product/wind-energy-in-europe-2022-statistics-and-the-outlook-for-2023-2027]188,892{{cite web|url=https://proceedings.windeurope.org/biplatform/rails/active_storage/blobs/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBbFFEIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--f507a22c9854863e01fd427239f10167d031cc66/Windeurope-Wind-energy-in-Europe-2021-statistics.pdf|title=Wind energy in Europe 2021 Statistics and the outlook for 2022-2026|publisher=WindEurope|access-date=13 March 2022}}

| 142,042

| 128,751EWEA: [http://www.ewea.org/fileadmin/files/library/publications/statistics/EWEA-Annual-Statistics-2014.pdf "Wind in power: 2014 European statistics"], February 2014

| 117,384

| 105,696

93,95784,07474,76734,3839,678
9align=left | Poland9,4288,2567,3065,7825,100

| 3,834

3,3902,4971,6161,107830

List of Polish wind farms

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! Place !! Voivodeship !! Installed capacity (MW) !! Commissioned

PotęgowoPomerania2192020
MargoninGreater Poland1202010
Marszewo I & IIWest Pomerania100
Kopaniewo (FW Lotnisko)Pomerania94.52015
Resko I & IIWest Pomerania90.3
Karścino Wind FarmWest Pomerania902008
ŻurominMasovia61.22012
Nekla{{Cite web|url=http://www.eon.com/en/investors/news-detail-news.jsp?id=9924&year=2010|title=E.ON opens 52,5 Megawatt Wind Farm in Poland|accessdate=21 September 2023}}Greater Poland52.52010
Tymień Wind FarmWest Pomerania50
Banie-KozieliceWest Pomerania502015
PelplinPomerania492012
GawłowiceKuyavian-Pomeranian48.32014
Łosino near SłupskPomerania48
GołdapWarmia-Masuria482011
MycielinLubusz462015
SkurpieWarmia-Masuria43.72015
Płaszewo-LuleminoPomerania41.42011
SuwałkiPodlaskie412009
Kisielice I & IIWarmia-Masuria53.6
KarwiceWest Pomerania402015
WickoPomerania40
Jagniątkowo (Lake Ostrowo)West Pomerania34.2
ŁukaszówLower Silesian342012
ŚniatowoWest Pomerania32
KamieńskŁódź31.2
Karnice IWest Pomerania29.92009
ZagórzeWest Pomerania302003
WojciechowoPomerania28.32014
RajgródPodlaskie25.32014
ModlikowiceLower Silesian242012
PuckPomerania222007
CisowoWest Pomerania182001
LisewoPomerania10.82007
Lubawa (Elektrownia Wiatrowa "Rożental")Warmia-Mazuria82013
BarzowiceWest Pomerania5.12001

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.psew.pl/en Polish Wind Energy Association] (Polskie Stowarzyszenie Energetyki Wiatrowej; PSEW)

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