{"id":542798,"date":"2026-07-15T14:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/542798\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T14:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:24:08","slug":"offshore-wind-delivers-first-electricity-to-polish-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/542798\/","title":{"rendered":"Offshore wind delivers first electricity to Polish grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/baltic-power-nacelle.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid rounded-4\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-secondary text-end small mt-1 my-1\">credits: Baltic Power<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 10 July Poland celebrated a major offshore wind milestone. For the first time, a Polish offshore wind farm delivered electricity to the country\u2019s power grid. On the same day, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk inaugurated the Choczewo substation in Pomerania, Poland\u2019s first major grid hub to receive power from offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poland\u2019s energy sector has opened a new chapter. Last week the Baltic Power offshore wind farm was Poland\u2019s first offshore wind farm to deliver electricity to the country\u2019s power grid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The electricity generated offshore is brought ashore to the newly inaugurated Choczewo substation, Poland\u2019s first major grid hub dedicated to offshore wind from the Baltic Sea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the inauguration ceremony, Poland\u2019s Prime Minister Donald Tusk highlighted offshore wind\u2019s role in strengthening national security. He said: \u201cWind energy provides us with energy sovereignty. The fact that in these uncertain times, we have energy sources in many places and wind energy is independent of geopolitics means a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Building a new energy system from the ground up<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poland is undergoing a historic transformation. For decades, its energy system has run on coal \u2014 and that reliance is slowly coming to an end. Coal is an increasingly hard sell: expensive CO\u2082 emissions, air pollution, and economic pressure from a fleet of ageing power plants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its place, Poland is building a cleaner, more independent and more competitive energy system, with offshore wind at its core. Poland is set to have 5 GW of offshore wind by the end of this decade. The Government aims to install 18 GW of offshore wind by 2040, making it a key pillar of Poland\u2019s energy security ambitions. Offshore wind represents one of the largest industrial investments in the country\u2019s modern history: tens of billions of Euros mobilised, thousands of jobs created, and an economy being reshaped from the ground up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Baltic Power offshore wind farm represents an investment of around \u20ac5bn and is expected to cover around 3% of Poland\u2019s electricity demand. The project is jointly developed by Polish energy company ORLEN and Canadian developer Northland Power. It currently moves through its phased commissioning process. Upon completion later this year, Baltic Power will have a capacity of 1.2 GW.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"credits: Baltic Power On 10 July Poland celebrated a major offshore wind milestone. 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