PGE and Ørsted set to build Poland’s second offshore wind farm for €7.11 billion

Jan 31, 2025 | Business, Energy & Climate

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Polish state-owned energy firm PGE and Denmark’s Ørsted have taken the final investment decision to develop the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm, a 30 billion zloty (€7.11 billion) investment with a planned capacity of nearly 1.5 gigawatts (GW).

Construction is set to begin this year, and the wind farm is scheduled to start supplying electricity in 2027. It will be Poland’s second such project and will provide electricity to around 2.5 million households, representing nearly 3% of the country’s electricity demand.

“We are talking about the largest turbines in the world and the future of Polish energy,” said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. “Cheap and clean energy from offshore wind farms will make Poland competitive against all economies in the world.”

Located on the coast of the Baltic Sea between Ustka and Choczewo, the project will feature 107 turbines over an area of 190 square kilometres, each with a capacity of 14 MW.

Ørsted and PGE, which is Poland’s largest power producer, have already started building the onshore connection infrastructure. The offshore construction phase is set to begin later this year with the removal of boulders from the seabed.

In 2026, work will commence on installing foundations, export cables and offshore transformer stations, PGE said in a statement.

That will be followed by the installation of interconnection cables linking turbine foundations to the transformer stations. The wind turbines are scheduled for installation in 2027, while electricity generation is expected to begin in the first half of 2027.

The wind farm has obtained all permits and has signed a grid connection contract with PSE, the Polish power grid operator, Ørsted said in a statement.

 

Baltica 2 is the largest investment in Poland’s electricity sector to date, with the partners funding the project equally. Poland’s contribution amounts to 15 billion zloty, with 5.5 billion zloty coming from the EU’s recovery fund, the prime minister’s office said in a statement.

Tusk noted, however, that “this huge investment is just part of a gigantic project in the Polish energy sector”, adding that “by 2040, Poland will be producing as much wind power as four nuclear power plants could deliver”.

Poland currently does not have an offshore or nuclear power plant in operation. The country’s first offshore wind farm, Baltic Power, which is a joint project between Polish state energy giant Orlen and Canada’s Northland Power, is currently under construction. It is expected to start generating electricity in 2026 with a target capacity of nearly 1.2 gigawatts (GW).

Poland also plans to build a nuclear power station in Choczewo. In September, the government outlined plans to provide billions in financing for the project, which were approved by the cabinet this month. However, they must still be confirmed by parliament and President Andrzej Duda.

The ruling coalition came to power on promises to accelerate the energy transition, but since taking office in December 2023, it has failed to enact any law that would bring those pledges closer to fruition.

The use of renewables, however, has continued to grow despite the government’s inaction. Last year, they accounted for over 29% of Poland’s electricity, up from 26% a year earlier.

Coal, meanwhile, produced almost 57% of power in 2024, down from 64% in 2023.


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