Learn about offshore wind farms
Watch videos about offshore wind farms (material in Polish language).
Listen to the ‘Wind Hunters’ podcast with PGE Baltica experts.
The radio show consists of 6 episodes in which they talk about, among other things, how offshore wind farms are built, how an offshore power plant works, how the wind is ‘caught’, what role the onshore part of an offshore wind farm plays and what research is done before construction at sea. The interviews were conducted by Mateusz Opyrchał of RMF FM.
What does a turbine have to do with a long-tail duck?
Are offshore wind farms safe for humans and animals? What research is done before construction starts? What are we investigating and why? What do we learn during such studies and what solutions can be developed through them for the benefit of the environment?
Does an offshore wind installation go to the workshop?
What is the maintenance of an offshore wind farm and how is it carried out? How important is the role of the service port in this process? What happens in it? What are its most important functions? How are the windfarms cared for so that they can operate for as long as possible? What vessels are used for this purpose?
How does the electricity from the Baltic reach the socket?
Why is the onshore part of an offshore wind farm so important? What does the connection infrastructure built onshore consist of and what is its role? How complex is the power derivation process? What else needs to be built onshore for an offshore wind farm to operate and for the electricity produced offshore to reach consumers?
How do we catch the wind?
What does an offshore wind farm consist of and how does it work? What are its most important components? How is energy from the wind converted into electricity? How is it possible to make electricity from the wind? How does electricity from the sea find its way into a socket? How do you know it will blow and how strong?
How are offshore windfarms built?
How are the materials for offshore wind farms delivered?
How do you harness the Baltic wind?
How can the Baltic wind be used to generate electricity? Is the Baltic Sea a good place to build wind turbines? How do you know where is the best place to locate an offshore power plant? How do offshore wind power plants differ from onshore ones?
You can find the answers to the above questions in the individual episodes of the podcast (in Polish language) at https://www.rmfon.pl/podcasty/lowcy-wiatru
Read about offshore wind energy on the PGE Baltica website
What is offshore wind energy? When will work begin on PGE’s first wind farm? Is the Baltic Sea a good place for wind farms? How tall are the turbines at sea? How strong should the wind blow for the turbines to generate energy? What happens when the wind stops blowing? What is the public perception of offshore wind farms?
Find the answers to these questions on https://pgebaltica.pl/en/offshore-wind-energy/q-a