The Wind Energy in Poland Report is a cyclical study prepared by experts from the Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA), the consulting firm TPA Poland / Baker Tilly TPA and the law firm DWF. The authors of the report in each edition present a detailed description of the market, current challenges, legal and business constraints. The report contains a wealth of unique data and their own multi-faceted analysis covering regulatory, legal, financial, commercial, tax and state aid issues. The report has been published since 2009, with a brief hiatus after the introduction of the so-called 10 h rule. Since 2022, special supplements have been introduced to the report, which take a closer look at wind energy issues from the perspective of a specific issue or business area. And from 2023, the report permanently covers not only onshore, but also offshore wind energy.
Wind energy is one of the main pillars of the energy transition in Europe, which is even more true for Poland with its energy mix that requires significant reconstruction and expansion. The high carbon intensity of Poland’s power generation system, resulting from the dominance of coal- and lignite-fired utility power plants and the lack of nuclear power plants, makes intensive expansion of wind power sources non-alternative and will remain so in the coming decades. However, a mere “static” energy transition, or decarbonization of the energy industry, is only the beginning. After all, we are talking about about 180 TWh of electricity per year produced today about 70% from coal and the need to urgently replace coal in obtaining this amount of energy, mainly by RES and nuclear. However, the decarbonization of other sectors of the economy, such as the steel, aluminum, fertilizer, cement, transportation and construction industries is a process of much greater scope, and the full decarbonization of these industries will mean an increase in electricity demand by 4 to 9 times. Here it is necessary to mobilize all currently available and expected in the near future technologies for energy generation and storage, active management of its transmission and consumption on the consumer side. The role of onshore and offshore wind sources in meeting the growing demand for electricity will be fundamental.
