PGE and Ørsted ink contracts for stage one of Baltica Offshore Wind Farm

Polish electricity company PGE and Danish energy giant Ørsted have signed two supply contracts for the 1.5GW Baltica 2 wind farm.

The first contract was signed with Navantia-Windar to supply the monopile foundations, the largest of which will exceed 100 meters and weigh over 2,000 tonnes.

The second contract was signed with China headquartered Orient Cable (NBO) for the delivery of 170km of 66kV subsea array cables that will be connecting the wind turbines to the offshore substations.

In April 2023, PGE and Ørsted signed the project’s first major component contract with wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa.

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The next step is to contract for the offshore substations, with construction expected to be completed by the end of 2027.

Wojciech Dąbrowski, president of the Management Board of PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, said in a statement: “Securing components for Baltica 2 will allow us to continue with next phases of the project development. Our planned actions consistently bring us closer to achieving the strategic goal of the PGE Group which is developing of 2.5GW in offshore wind capacity by 2030”.

Baltica Offshore Wind Farm is being developed through a partnership between PGE and Ørsted.

The Baltica Offshore Wind Farm will have a total capacity of up to 2.5GW and is being built in two stages: Baltica 2 with a capacity of 1.5GW and Baltica 3 with a capacity of 1GW.

Baltica Offshore Wind Farm is touted as the largest wind farm in the Polish waters and will deliver clean energy to nearly four million households in Poland.

The wind project will be built in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea between Łeba and Ustka. The land infrastructure necessary for the operation of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm will be located in the Choczewo commune.

Poland has made significant progress in greening its energy system, however according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) there is still a lot of work to be done to shift away from dominant coal-based activities.

From 2010 to 2020, the amount of electricity generated from renewables almost tripled, with its share of the power mix increasing from 7% to 18% over that period. The growth was driven mainly by increased onshore wind generation and use of solid biomass, while solar PV grew tenfold.