The project to build what is being billed as the Baltic’s largest wind farm received final approval with first power targeted for 2027. The project will be jointly developed by Ørsted in partnership with Poland’s largest power group, the state-controlled PGE.
“With today’s announcement, we’re ready to build Baltica 2, a flagship project for offshore wind in Poland,” said Rasmus Errboe, Deputy CEO and Chief Commercial Officer for Ørsted. “We’re satisfied with the value creation of the project, which has an attractive risk-reward profile.”
Baltica 2 will be located approximately 40 kilometers (25 miles) off the Polish coast near Ustka, which is located west of Gdansk in central Poland. The project which will consist of 107 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW turbines, will have a capacity of 1.5 GW and is one of two planned by the partnership.
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