Offshore staff
FREDERICIA, Denmark – Polish power producer ZE PAK and Ørsted have signed a letter of intent to participate in a forthcoming auction for seabed leases in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea.
Martin Neubert, chief commercial officer and deputy group CEO of Ørsted, said: “With very strong local know-how, leading global experience and joint ambitions, ZE PAK and Ørsted can support Poland in making the transition from fossil-based to renewable energy sources happen while creating thousands of local jobs and re-skilling and up-skilling the workforce from the coal industry to renewables.”
Poland’s government has announced a plan that would involve reducing coal’s share of the country’s power generation from around 70% today to 11-28% by 2040.
Although there are currently no Polish offshore wind farms at present, the government aims to install 5.9 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030 and 11 GW by 2040.
ZE PAK has committed to phase out coal-fired power generation by 2030.
President Piotr Woźny said: “We have just completed the construction of the largest solar farm in Poland, we will be the first to start producing green hydrogen, we are a leader in reducing carbon emissions and most importantly we will be the first in Poland to move away from coal.”
10/15/2021
