Press releases
- The European Investment Bank (EIB) approved the in-principle financing of the Baltica OWF project to be implemented by the PGE Group. The total financing package amounts to EUR 1.4 billion.
- This is a significant step towards ensuring an optimal financing structure that will enable the construction of PGE's first offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea.
PGE and Ørsted joint venture has signed contracts with Navantia-Windar and Orient Cable (NBO) for delivery of foundations and array cables for Baltica 2, which is the first stage of the Baltic Offshore Wind Farm.
PGE Group and Ørsted have signed an agreement with consortium of SEMCO Maritime and PTSC Mechanical & Construction for Four offshore substations – each equipped with two transformers – will collect power generated by wind turbines, transform it and export it to land.
The PGE Group scored the most points in the application procedure for the seabed area 45.E.1, for which it applied together with Ørsted. The location is directly adjacent to the area where PGE and Ørsted are building the Baltica 2 project. PGE and its partner will be able to build an additional 210 MW on the new basin. The area has approx. 17 square kilometers and is located approx. 32 km from the seashore.
PGE and Ørsted - companies building the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm - have signed an agreement with a consortium made of Biuro Studiów, Projektów i Realizacji "Energoprojekt‐Katowice" SA and "Energopomiar" Sp. z o.o. The consortium will be acting as a Contract Engineer when constructing the land connection of the project.
Ørsted and the PGE Group have signed an agreement with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy for supplying offshore wind turbines for the Baltica 2 project with a total capacity of about 1.5 GW. It is Poland’s largest-ever renewable energy project and will produce enough green energy to cover the power consumption of approximately 2.4 million Polish households. Ørsted and PGE expect to be able to commission Baltica 2 by the end of 2027.
The special purpose vehicles of PGE Baltica scored the most points in the procedures regarding the location permits (PszW) for areas 44.E.1 and 60.E.4. The Ministry of Infrastructure announced the results of the proceedings on February 10, 2023.
On January 25, 2023, the Ministry of Infrastructure announced the results of the procedure regarding the location permit for the offshore wind farms for the area 60.E.3 located on the Central Bank of the Baltic Sea. The most points in the procedure were awarded to Elektrownia Wiatrowa Baltica 1, a subsidiary of PGE Baltica of the PGE Group.
As a result of the qualification procedure, the Supervisory Board of PGE Baltica sp. z o.o. appointed to the Management Board as of 11 January 2023:
Arkadiusz Sekściński – as the President of the Management Board,
Dariusz Lociński - as the Vice-President of the Management Board for Development.
On January 9, 2023, the Ministry of Infrastructure announced the results of the procedure regarding the location permit for the offshore wind farms for the area 43.E.1. PGE Baltica received the most points in the procedure.