Equinor and Polenergia have submitted applications totalling 1440MW for Contracts for Difference in the first phase of the Polish offshore wind market.
The partners said they filed bids with the Polish Energy Regulatory Office for the 720MW each Baltyk 2 and 3 projects.
A total of 5.9GW of capacity is expected to be awarded in the first phase.
Equinor will build and operate the sites while Polenergia is responsible for obtaining all permits and management of domestic matters related to project development.
“Poland has set ambitious goals for offshore wind energy as part of a broad transformation. Equinor wants to be the lead partner in this process,” said Equinor Polska president Michał Kołodziejczyk.
Poland allocates 800 MW of solar in mixed PV-wind auction
Overall, the Polish energy regulator has allocated 1.7 GW of renewable energy capacity in a procurement exercise that was open to projects exceeding 1 MW in size. The auction concluded with a lowest price of $0.051/kWh, slightly up from the auction of the same kind held last year.The Polish Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) has announced the prices bid in its solar and wind auction for projects above 1 MW, held in November. The lowest auction price bid was PLN190/MWh ($51.90) and the highest bid came in at PLN249.9, the regulator said. For comparison, the lowest price in the auction of the same kind .