Ministry of Energy mulls offshore auctions. Nuclear project a priority

The Ministry of Energy doesn’t exclude the possibility of offering auctions for offshore wind farms this year, but the nuclear power plant project is currently the office priority. “We treat renewable energy sources as an element of the system, we do not question its role, but it needs to fit in our energy mix,” said Deputy Minister of Energy Grzegorz Tobiszowski. “We have prepared the assumptions of the mix. We’re currently preparing documents for the government to work on. We want to finalize it in the second half of the year,” he added. “I cannot imagine making a decision concerning the development of offshore wind farms without resolving the question of the nuclear power plant project,” Energy Minister Krzysztof Tchórzewski added. In the middle of April, Tchórzewski said that although many entities are interested in the construction of offshore wind farms, the nuclear plant is a priority. The decision about its construction should fall “in a year or not at all.” Earlier, he estimated that the cost of building a nuclear power plant in Poland could amount to PLN 70-75 billion.