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Launching and awarding new contracts, obtaining important official permits and starting the necessary surveys in offshore wind power have been the crucial offshore wind activities taken by PGE in 2022. This shows how intensive this year has been for PGE Group in the offshore sector. The Group enters the new year, preparing itself for receiving location permits which are the last necessary step before the investment decision concerning Baltic projects is taken.

PGE and Ørsted were granted decisions of the President of the Energy Regulatory Office on individual prices in contracts for differences for both of jointly developed stages of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm – Baltica 2 and Baltica 3. Earlier, in September 2022, the amount of the acceptable level of support for both stages of the project was approved by the European Commission as a result of individual notification of support for the Baltica OWF. The individual price in the contract for difference (CfD) for both stages of the Baltica OWF was set at the maximum allowable level of PLN 319.6/MWh.

The Regional Director of Environmental Protection in Gdansk issued a decision on the environmental conditions for the connection infrastructure, i.e. the transport of the produced power from Baltica  Offshore Wind Farm, Baltica 2 and Baltica 3, to be implemented in two stages.  This allows the project’s investors – PGE and Ørsted – to continue the project and to start working on the building permits.

An operation and maintenance base for the PGE Group's offshore wind farms and the Competence Center for Offshore Wind Energy will be built in the Ustka harbor on the Poland’s Baltic Sea coast, about 150 km west of Gdańsk. PGE Baltica, which implements the PGE Group's offshore program, presented plans for the development of port areas for the needs of its offshore projects.

PGE Baltica, a PGE Group company, has entered the stage of environmental surveys for the Baltica 1 project - an offshore wind farm located approx. 80 km from the Baltic coast. The research will be carried out by a consortium of Gdynia Maritime University and MEWO S.A. specializing in subsea surveys.

PGE Baltica, the company responsible for the implementation of the PGE Group's Offshore Program, will be a partner of the 6th edition of the Postgraduate Studies in Offshore Wind Energy at the Gdańsk University of Technology. The letter of intent signed with the university authorities also opens the way to other, further forms of cooperation, which will be used by the Competence Center for Offshore Wind Energy created by PGE.

Due to the expiry of the term of office of the Management Board of PGE Baltica, as a result of the qualification procedure the Supervisory Board of PGE Baltica appointed the Management Board of the company for the fourth joint term of office:

Dariusz Lociński - as the President of the Management Board,

Grzegorz Wysocki - as the Vice-President of the Management Board for Finance,

Piotr Dziubałtowski - as the Vice-President of the Management Board for Operations.

PGE Baltica, spółka realizująca program budowy morskich farm wiatrowych w Grupie PGE, została Sponsorem Głównym Polskiego Stowarzyszenia Windsurfingu. To kolejna dyscyplina sportowa związana z wodą i wiatrem, w którą zaangażowała się Grupa PGE.

PGE Baltica from the PGE Group and the Institute of Hydroengineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IBW PAN) signed a letter of intent, which paves the way for cooperation to develop the offshore wind energy sector. IBW PAN may support PGE, among others in the field of research on harbour infrastructure necessary to operate offshore wind farms. This is another research unit of the Polish Academy of Sciences from Gdańsk with which PGE will cooperate.

Almost 800 representatives of potential suppliers, subcontractors and other entities interested in cooperation in the implementation of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm, including over 500 from Poland - - joined a special virtual event organized by PGE and Ørsted. The recording is now available online.