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Mgr Zofia Romanowska
ORCID: 0000-0001-6017-7738

Mgr Zofia Romanowska

Participant of the Doctoral Legal Seminar at the Kozminski University in Warsaw. Gained her professional experience in regulations in the energy market in leading Polish and foreign law firms. Also worked in government administration bodies. Currently works in the energy company in the regulatory department

 
DOI: 10.33226/0137-5490.2022.3.3
JEL: K32

Despite the general acceptance of the offshore project development in Poland, investors face a number of regulatory problems. Although, the Polish maritime spatial plan reserves some space for cables from offshore wind farms, unfortunately, there is only about just enough space to accommodate existing projects and that is only in case all corridors can be fully utilised, and developers make arrangements that include mutual respect of other developers interests. Neither legislation nor current proposals thereto include mechanisms that can ensure such an optimal utilisation of offshore export cables corridors. In the not unlikely case Polish offshore wind shall be developed beyond what is currently planned, there will likely be severe scarcity of cable routes to land. The aim of the article is to present current administrative institutions approach to the uncertainty on the regulation and to signal the key legislative proposal of the amendments to solve the offshore export cable issue.

Keywords: offshore wind farms; offshore export cables; maritime spatial plan; permits