The Baltic Power offshore wind farm will be built on the Baltic Sea, 22 km from the shore at the level of Łeba and Choczew. It will be able to supply more than 1.5 million households annually with clean energy for more than 25 years. The Pomeranian Voivode issued a decision “on the location of the investment in terms of a set of power generation facilities for the project: Connection of the Baltic Power offshore wind farm to the National Power System”.

The shareholders of Baltic Power are the ORLEN Group and Northland Power. According to the schedule, the installation of foundations is to begin in 2024, followed by the installation of turbines, cables and substations in the next year, and the farm will be commissioned in 2026.

“The decision I have issued is the next stage of the investment process”, emphasises Voivode Dariusz Drelich.

Baltic Power is a gigantic opportunity for our entrepreneurs, companies, suppliers or the local government of, for example, Łeba, where a service port will be built. This is one of the key elements of the whole investment. The stability of energy supply depends on its location and distance from the farm. “I am convinced that the realisation of wind power plants on the Baltic Sea will revolutionise the national energy system and will be a milestone in the development of the Polish energy sector”, said the Pomeranian Voivode.

The infrastructure consisting of approximately 70 wind turbines with a total capacity of up to 1.2 GW will be built on an area of more than 130 square kilometres. Depending on the ultimately selected technology, each wind turbine will be approximately 270 metres high.

Experts’ estimates indicate that in 2030, more than 30% of the energy generated in Poland will be produced from renewable sources, primarily offshore wind farms. Their potential in the Polish Baltic Sea zone is estimated to be as high as 11 GW.

Adrian Andrzejewski