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is a growing source of electricity in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

. 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 210 metres. They are still the tallest wind turbines installed on lattice towers. the Polish government was still considering whether the first nuclear power plant should be built, but in May 2018 state-owned

PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. (PGE SA or PGE Group, the name can be translated as ''Polish Energy Group'') is a state-owned public power company and the largest power producing company in Poland. PGE is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange and ...

, who would have carried out any build, chose to invest in offshore wind power instead, targeting the build of 2.5 GW by 2030. In September 2020, the government announced a 130 billion zloty (£26.5 billion) plan to invest in offshore wind. The total

wind power Wind power or wind energy is mostly the use of wind turbines to generate electricity. Wind power is a popular, sustainable, renewable energy source that has a much smaller impact on the environment than burning fossil fuels. Historically ...

grid-connected capacity in Poland was 8,630.4 MW as of 30 April 2023.

Capacity and production

As of the end of 2015, total installed capacity was 5.1

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s (GW), which provided 10,858

gigawatt-hour A kilowatt-hour ( unit symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a unit of energy: one kilowatt of power for one hour. In terms of SI derived units with special names, it equals 3.6 megajoules (MJ). Kilowatt-hours are a common bi ...

s (GW·h) — around 6.22% of the electricity consumed in the country. 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).

List of Polish wind farms

Some of the points of production are:

Projects

Projects of 1.5 GW

offshore wind farm Offshore wind power or offshore wind energy is the generation of electricity through wind farms in bodies of water, usually at sea. There are higher wind speeds offshore than on land, so offshore farms generate more electricity per amount of c ...

are under development near

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