Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) and Ørsted have signed a lease agreement for the future T5 terminal in the port of Gdansk. It will be used for the storage, pre-assembly and offshore installation of turbine components for the Baltica 2 project.
“The terminal has been designed in accordance with the latest industry standards and taking into account technological development trends in the offshore wind energy sector. This will create one of the most important and modern installation terminals in the Baltic Sea,” said Dariusz Marzec, president of the management board of PGE.
Both PGE and Ørsted said that the port of Gdansk has the necessary navigational conditions and area for building their first joint offshore wind farm. The project has received a building permit from the local government. “Installation ports on the Polish coast will also serve in the next phases of offshore wind development in Poland, beyond the current decade,” added Agata Staniewska-Bolesta, managing director of Ørsted Offshore in Poland.
The lease will be active from the fourth quarter of 2026, when construction work is due to be completed, initially through to the end of 2028. It applies to the entire 21.3 ha T5 terminal. The design and shape of the facility will allow the concurrent use of the total length of quays comprising two loading berths for jack-up installation vessels, an unloading quay and a ramp for unloading ro-ro transport vessels.
The parties involved in the agreement are Elektrownia Wiatrowa Baltica 2, which is owned by PGE and Ørsted, and Istrana, a special purpose company 85 percent- owned by the Polish Development Fund and 15 percent by Baltic Hub. Istrana won the tender for the lease of water-covered land located within the administrative boundaries of the port of Gdansk, on which an terminal for offshore wind farms could be built.
Baltica 2 is one of two stages of the Baltica offshore wind farm (next to Baltica 3). By the end of 2027, PGE and Ørsted expect to deliver 1.5 GW capacity at Baltica 2 and a further 1 GW from Baltica 3; both projects remain subject to a final investment decision (FID).
Last month, HLPFI reported that PGE Baltica had selected a technical advisor for its offshore wind farm projects.
