GDANSK, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Poland allocated 3.4 gigawatts (GW) of capacity in its first competitive offshore wind auction, the country's energy regulator URE said on Thursday.
The auction awarded 25-year contracts at a price range of 476.88 zlotys ($133.09) and 492.32 zlotys per megawatt hour, URE said, with winners including utility PGE PGE.WA, refiner Orlen PKN.WA and a consortium of Polenergia PEPP.WA and Norway's Equinor EQNR.OL.
($1 = 3.5832 zlotys)
(Reporting by Rafal Nowak and Marek Strzelecki; Editing by Susan Fenton)
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