Having
received
more
than
50
expressions
of
interest
for
offshore
wind
farms
in
the
Polish
Baltic
Sea,
the
government
has
given
the
green
light
to
five
projects
totalling
4.5GW
of
capacity
–
including
the
three
awarded
to
PGE.
PGE
believes
it
can
build
as
much
as
1GW
of
capacity
in
its
zones,
and
is
understood
to
be
in
discussions
with
Areva
regarding
a
partnership
on
the
projects.
There
was
a
sting
in
the
tail,
however,
with
the
government
apparently
halting
further
concessions
due
to
their
potential
to
interfere
with
shale-gas
exploitation.
Despite…
