Government adopts bill on promotion of offshore

The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft act on promoting electricity generation in offshore wind farms, submitted by the Minister of Climate and Environment. The new regulations will significantly facilitate the use of the wind energy potential in the Baltic Sea and the development of Polish companies from the maritime economy sector, emphasized the ministry.
Thanks to government support for wind farms located in the Baltic Sea, the share of renewable energy sources (RES) in the so-called national energy mix is going to increase. It is anticipated that the support for investors will be granted for a period of 25 years. After 2020, Poland, as well as other EU Member States, is required to generate at least 15 percent of electricity from renewable sources.
"Offshore wind energy is a significant step towards the construction of emission-free energy. We have a chance to become a leader in the development of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea with the forecasted potential of installed capacity, estimated in the WindEurope report, even at 28 GW in 2050," Michał Kurtyka, Minister of Climate and Environment, said.
The ministry emphasizes that the offshore project is in line with the assumptions published on November 19 this year in the "EU Strategy for Offshore Renewable Energy Sources", which assumes a very ambitious and accelerated development of offshore renewable energy in the European Union - an increase in the installed capacity in offshore wind energy from the current 12 GW to 60 GW in 2030 and a 25-fold increase in the current capacity to 300 GW in 2050.
(PAP)