Wind energy confirms that it is one of the cheapest forms of energy. The first auction for offshore wind farms in Poland’s history was a success, confirming the sector’s investment readiness and the price competitiveness of wind energy. The outcome of the auction is a breakthrough moment for the domestic offshore sector – it means stable energy prices, an investment impulse worth hundreds of billions of zlotys, and a real strengthening of energy security and the competitiveness of the Polish economy.
Cheap wind and political brakes
Although the auctions held by the Energy Regulatory Office (URE) clearly showed that wind energy is price-competitive, the government is brutally stifling wind energy. The recently announced latest National Energy and Climate Plan until 2030 with a perspective until 2040 limits onshore wind to 20.4 GW in the WEM scenario (unambitious), which is now becoming the leading scenario for the Ministry of Energy instead of the 34.5 GW in the WAM scenario (ambitious and preferred by the then designer of the document, i.e., the Ministry of Climate and Environment) proposed in the previous version of the KPEiK, i.e., by more than 14 GW (without any systemic justification). In turn, in the field of offshore wind energy, the Ministry of Energy is reducing its development plans to 11.8 GW from the previously indicated 18 GW (−6.2 GW), even though the recently concluded offshore auctions showed some of the cheapest prices for new capacity in the system.
This is not a strategy that responds to the market, but an administrative brake on the cheapest and fastest-growing energy source. The new KPEiK is a step backward that ignores economic facts, undermines energy security, and condemns our country to higher energy prices in the long term.
The wind industry does not intend to stand idly by and watch the dismantling of a rational energy policy and will strongly demand that the government revise the KPEiK based on hard market data, including the clear results of offshore and onshore auctions. The sector does not want to allow political and administrative constraints to replace the economic calculation confirmed by the market and the regulator, comments Janusz Gajowiecki, president of PSEW.
A big celebration for the offshore industry
On December 17, 2025, for the first time in Poland, an auction was held as part of the second phase of support for offshore wind energy. Among the three winning bids, the minimum price offered was PLN 476.88/MWh, and the highest was PLN 492.32/MWh.
Source: LinkedIn Polish Wind Energy Association
