The Duck Curve#poland
Tianwan 7 reaches the grid, Mochovce 4 waits, Poland orders AP1000 parts
Tianwan 7, a VVER-1200 in Jiangsu, sent its first power to China's grid on October 8, 2026, CNNC said; Slovakia's Mochovce 4 missed its October 13 grid connection while part of its technical tests is repeated. Poland's PEJ told Westinghouse to start ordering six long-lead nuclear-island components for its first AP1000, Westinghouse placed conditional module orders with four Polish suppliers, and PEJ and PGE split work on a second plant.
Baltic Power, Poland's first offshore wind farm, installs all 76 turbines
Northland Power said on October 7, 2026 that all 76 turbines are installed at Baltic Power, the 1.1 GW offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea it owns with ORLEN, with over one-third currently generating and commercial operations on track for 2026 at costs aligned with original expectations. The project delivered Poland's first offshore wind power to the grid in July 2026.
Poland opens PLN 1 billion in home battery grants on October 20
Poland's NFOŚiGW will take applications from October 20, 2026 to October 1, 2027, or until the money runs out, for PLN 1 billion of Modernisation Fund grants toward home batteries and heat stores, up to PLN 19,000 per metering point for prosumers with a grid-connected renewable microinstallation. Batteries must hold at least 10 kWh, carry an energy management system and be able to run as backup in an outage; projects must be finished before applying, with costs from November 1, 2025.
ENGIE's storage fleet reaches 10.7 GW operating or under construction
ENGIE said on September 4, 2026 that its storage portfolio in operation and under construction has reached 10.7 GW worldwide, counting batteries and pumped-storage hydropower, with 4.7 GW in Europe and 4.4 GW in the United States. July and August 2026 added 1.1 GW / 3.3 GWh of European battery projects across seven countries, led by a 758 MW / 2,156 MWh Polish portfolio assembled through two acquisitions and one adjacent development, scheduled for commissioning in 2028 and 2029.
