Poland’s President Andrzej Duda (pictured) has signed the country’s Offshore Wind Act into law and it will come into force in 14 days time.
The act completed the legislative process in the Polish Senate on 13 January.
It regulates the method for obtaining public support for developers interested in building offshore wind farms off Poland, with 5.9GW of capacity available in the first phase.
Support for the first stage will be granted by way of an administrative decision by the president of the country’s Energy Regulatory Office (URE).
Applications for the first phase are to be completed no later than 31 March, with the URE expected to announce the successful projects by the end of June.
A second phase of will see two 2.5GW auctions in 2025 and 2027.