en.Wedoany.com Reported - Poland's first offshore wind farm, Baltic Power, has entered its final construction phase. Jointly developed by the ORLEN Group and Canada's Northland Power, 50 of the planned 76 turbines are now in place, with the remaining units to be installed by summer. All 78 foundation structures and transition pieces have been completed, two offshore substations and onshore connection facilities are ready, and the service base is operational.

Once fully operational, Baltic Power will have an installed capacity of approximately 1.2 GW, generating up to 4 TWh of electricity annually—about 3% of Poland's current electricity demand, enough to power over 1.5 million households. The wind farm is located approximately 23 kilometers off the coast of Choczewo and Łeba.

The project is one of the first two globally to deploy Vestas 15 MW turbines, the largest model produced by Vestas at its European factories. Each turbine, including its foundation, exceeds 250 meters in total height, with 115.5-meter-long blades sweeping an area larger than six football fields. According to Vestas, approximately 15% of the steel used in the turbines comes from recycled materials processed in electric furnaces powered primarily by renewable energy, a practice expected to reduce the turbine's full lifecycle carbon footprint by about 10%.

Current project work focuses on the most critical phase: integrating offshore and onshore infrastructure with Poland's national power grid and conducting trial power transmission. Baltic Power CEO Maciej Stryjecki stated that the team is carrying out additional turbine installations, advanced cable laying, as well as testing and commissioning to achieve full integration with the national power system.

For Poland, Baltic Power serves as the anchor project for large-scale offshore wind plans in the Baltic Sea. Its completion will increase the share of renewable energy in Poland's energy mix and enhance energy supply security.

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