An installation terminal to service offshore wind farms will be built in the Gdańsk port of the Baltic Hub by the Polish Development Fund. Construction work will start later this year. The new terminal in the port of Gdansk will enlarge Poland’s area by 21 hectares. Part of the funding for the investment is to come from the National Reconstruction Plan.

The length of the transhipment quay will be 800 m and the depth of the basin at the berth will be 17.5 m. This will allow the berthing of installation vessels and supply vessels for offshore terminals with an overall length of up to 170 metres. The project is scheduled for completion in 2026.

At the beginning of the year, the project company launched a competitive process for the selection of a general contractor. Construction work is scheduled to start in mid-2024 and the investment is scheduled to be completed in 2026. The investment is being carried out under the ‘design and build’ model.

“PFR’s investment in the installation terminal in the port of Gdańsk is a strategic project that will stimulate the development in Poland of the entire supply chain for the construction of wind farms in the Baltic Sea”, announces PFR’s president Paweł Borys.

The investment will be financed from two sources. The special-purpose company set up to implement the project has applied for a direct grant, and the project has been identified for implementation from the EU’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (KPO). The PFR Investment Fund FIZAN will provide complementary debt financing to cover expenditures, VAT financing and take a stake in the special purpose vehicle implementing the project.

The offshore wind farm projects will be developed in the Polish Exclusive Economic Zone of the Baltic Sea in the area designated in the Maritime Area Management Plan in the area of Słupsk Shoal, Środkowa Shoal and Odrzana Shoal. In Polish areas they will be set back from the coastline by no less than 22 km.

Arkadiusz Słomczyński