Poland - Poland's power grid

Hitachi Energy has announced it has won two major orders from Equinor and Polenergia to provide an AC grid connection and power quality solution for their jointly owned MFW Baltyk II and MFW Baltyk III offshore wind farms, with a combined generating capacity of 1,440 megawatts in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea.

Hitachi Energy would provide each of the two wind farms with an offshore grid connection that will receive the power from the wind turbines and transfer it to shore, a mainland grid connection that will transmit the power into the national transmission system, and a STATCOM power quality solution to ensure that power flows reliably and stably at optimal capacity and at all times, despite the often high variability of wind power.

According to the company, MFW Baltyk II and MFW Baltyk III are pending a final investment decision in 2024, and AC grid connection should deliver first power in 2027. Also, they should be one of the first offshore wind farms in Poland and part of the country's ambitious program to develop its offshore wind potential and increase the use of renewables in its electricity mix, which historically is dominated by coal.

Hitachi Energy was selected in a competitive procurement process on the strength of its front-end engineering and design (FEED) studies and optimized solutions, its long track record of project execution excellence, and its close working relationships over many decades with Equinor and PSE (Poland's transmission system operator) and, most recently, Polenergia.

The Polish government aims to have around 11 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity either operational or under development by 2027.

Source: Hitachy Energy