Prime Minister wants repolonization of the economy – wind sector responds with ready strategy for development of Polish industry

Donald Tusk announces the end of “ naive globalization” and puts a red-and-white flag on our economy – it’s time to rebuild the national economy, repolonize the Polish economy, market, capital – stated the head of government during EFNI and pointed out that Polish companies must contribute to key projects for the national economy. Such a flywheel of the Polish economy is currently the development of offshore wind energy. The wind industry is ready to stand up to the government’s policy, acting on behalf of the domestic industry. The Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA) and the Wind Industry Hub Foundation (WIH) have just presented the “Polish Offshore Wind Industry Development Strategy” This is the only and first such comprehensive signpost for national industrial policy in the offshore wind sector in Poland.

In the face of geopolitical instability, raw material crises and intensifying global competition, Poland must introduce new economic policies as a response to these challenges of the modern world.

– If we want to achieve economic success, to build a secure state, we must make it loud and clear to ourselves and others that Poland – in this increasingly ruthless contest of selfies on global markets, war fronts – will not be a naive partner. Polish companies will not stand at a loss in competition with international molochs – Donald Tusk stressed during EFNI.

Wind energy plays a key role in the decarbonization of the Polish economy. It is one of the pillars of the energy transition, which in the long term is expected to provide cheap energy and strengthen the country’s energy security.

– The investment campaign in offshore wind farms is not comparable to any other development project in modern Poland. Let’s talk about the scale of 300 billion zlotys of capital expenditures in the 2040 perspective. This program is proof of Polish ambition and courage in the pursuit of modernity. It is an investment that also requires boldness, vision and long-term commitment. If we add billions more of investment in onshore wind power, we get a picture of the largest energy transition project in the country’s history – a development impulse that can not only modernize the Polish economy, but also ensure its competitiveness for decades and create thousands of jobs in the industries of the future – says Janusz Gajowiecki, President of WIH.

To take full advantage of this potential, Poland needs its own coherent strategy for the development of clean technology-based industries. Such a strategy will allow not only to increase the share of Polish companies in national and regional investments, but also to transform technologies strategic for Europe into an engine of the Polish economy and exports. At the center of these activities should be wind energy as a priority development area.

In response to these challenges, the Polish Wind Energy Association and the Wind Industry Hub Foundation, in cooperation with the CEE Energy Group, have developed a comprehensive document entitled. “Polish Offshore Wind Industry Development Strategy”, which contains detailed solutions necessary for implementation to make offshore wind farms an engine for the development of the Polish economy.

– The potential of the country’s supply chain will not be fully realized without a sound, strategic national industrial policy. The lack of a government document defining key technologies and investment areas for the Polish economy is already seen as one of the biggest threats to the development of the national supply chain. The lack of a clear, long-term schedule within Poland’s strategic projects and a plan for their implementation prevents proper coordination, development of tools by government agencies and institutions, systemic creation of employment in the sector, but can also negatively affect the country’s energy security, which is why we have developed a document that contributes the wind industry to Poland’s industrial policy – says Dominika Taranko, Vice President of Wind Industry Hub.

The Strategy’s authors have identified 10 implementation packages that should be launched first, i.e. by the end of 2026. In the center of the document, however, are included Priority Implementation Programs – a set of key market segments that (as determined by detailed analyses of the market and economics, experience, synergies and security aspects) should be developed in Poland. The solutions involve specific, short-term actions, as well as directional proposals for implementation in the medium and long term.