FID taken on Baltica 2 offshore wind farm

The wind farm will have around 107 turbines to generate the 1.5GW, which means they will be 14MW each. Four offshore substations and the necessary power and telecommunications network will also have to be built.

The announcement was made just a day or two after Ørsted revealed it had replaced CEO Mads Nipper with Rasmus Errboe.

“With today’s announcement, we’re ready to build Baltica 2, a flagship project for offshore wind in Poland. We’re satisfied with the value creation of the project, which has an attractive risk-reward profile,” said Errboe, who retains his chief commercial officer role. 

Baltica 2 is scheduled to go online by the end of 2027, when Baltica 3 will be started, itself with a generation capacity of 1GW by 2030.

Poland is ramping up its offshore wind plans, and to do so it is having to develop its port infrastructure.

More than 20 hectares will be developed at a fifth terminal at the Port of Gdańsk, which the two companies – Ørsted and PGE – have leased.

This is where the installation will take place from, and for operations and maintenance works, facilities will be developed at Ustka, including renovating part of the quay so that CTVs can be renovated there.

“In 2025, the Baltica 2 project will primarily focus on preparing the area of the future offshore wind farm for the installation of monopiles, which requires removing or shifting boulders that could hinder the construction of the offshore power plant’s support structures,” says PGE.

“It is also planned to prepare corridors at sea, through which cables will run power towards land. The aforementioned land-to-sea drilling using HDD technology will be carried out for Baltica 2. And while we’re on land, the delivery of large-size transformers to the Baltica 2 onshore station is planned for 2025.

“In Ustka, PGE Baltica plans to start construction work on the area of the future operational and service base. Its planned commissioning is scheduled for the last quarter of 2026.”