Northland Power Q1 2026 results dated 13 May 2026 — as-built status snapshot. Progress: monopile foundations 78/78 (completed Feb 2026); transition pieces 76/76 (completed Mar 2026); offshore substations 2/2 topsides installed (Oct 2025); export cables 4/4; inter-array cables all complete; WTGs 38/76 installed. This period (Q1 2026): completion of fabrication of remaining project components, installation of all four offshore export cables, installation of all inter-array cables, completion of all transition pieces, installation of 38 of 76 Vestas V236-15 MW turbines. Forecast: remaining 38 turbines installation to continue; commercial operations on track for the second half of 2026. Project costs reported as aligned with original expectations; approximately CAD 3 billion remained to be spent across Baltic Power and Hai Long combined as of the earnings call. Source: Northland Power Inc Q1 2026 results press release dated 13 May 2026, "on track for commercial operations in the second half of 2026" with "overall costs aligned with original expectations".
During Q1 2026, Baltic Power completed installation of all four offshore export cables, marking completion of the offshore export cable installation campaign for the Baltic Power offshore wind farm. The export cables, supplied by NKT and installed by DEME Offshore under a consortium scope with NKT and TFKable, connect the project's two offshore substations to the landfall area near Lubiatowo and ultimately the new onshore substation in Choczewo. Northland Power's Q1 2026 results, dated 13 May 2026, confirm all four export cables were installed during the quarter alongside completion of all inter-array cables and 38 of 76 wind turbines. Completion of the export cable scope is a critical electrical milestone for the project, providing the export pathway from the offshore substations to the Polish transmission grid ahead of full commercial operations targeted for the second half of 2026.
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Baltic Power is Poland’s first large-scale offshore wind farm under construction in the Polish Exclusive Economic Zone of the Baltic Sea, located roughly 22–23 km off the coast near Łeba and Choczewo and occupying an area of about 130 km². Developed by a joint venture between PKN ORLEN (51%) and ...
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By 19 March 2026, Baltic Power had completed installation of all 76 transition pieces that connect turbine foundations to the wind turbine towers. The project company, a joint venture between ORLEN Group and Northland Power, announced that every transition piece is now in place across the 130 km² site, approximately 23 km off the Polish coast near Łeba and Choczewo. These steel structures sit atop monopile foundations and provide the interface to the turbine towers. With this milestone reached, the project reports that installation of wind turbines as well as export and inter‑array cables is progressing at the offshore site. The completion of the transition piece campaign signifies that all primary structural links between foundations and turbines are ready ahead of full turbine installation and electrical outfitting.
On 18 February 2026, Baltic Power reported that it had completed installation of all 78 foundation monopiles, explicitly including those for the project’s offshore substations. The offshore wind farm, developed by ORLEN Group and Northland Power, finished the main installation works for monopiles serving both turbine positions and the offshore substation locations. Over 20 vessels and around 500 crew and contractor personnel participated in this phase of the campaign. This milestone confirms that the structural foundations required to support the two offshore substations are fully installed at the Baltic Power site, clearing the way for subsequent topside transport, lifting, and commissioning activities.
In February 2026, Baltic Power completed installation of all 78 monopile foundations for turbines and offshore substations. The developer reported that the main installation works of all key foundation elements were finished, involving more than 20 vessels and around 500 crew and contractor personnel. The heavy monopiles, weighing 1,300–1,700 tonnes and up to 100 m long, were installed in challenging Baltic Sea conditions using a fleet of specialised lifting and piling vessels, supported by tugboats, crew transfer vessels, environmental monitoring and supply ships. A double bubble curtain was deployed around the installation area to mitigate underwater noise and vibration from piling. This milestone concludes the core offshore foundation campaign, providing the structural base for 76 × 15 MW turbines and two offshore substations across the roughly 130 km² site.
By 18 February 2026, Baltic Power confirmed completion of the main foundation installation works for the project. The joint venture of ORLEN Group and Northland Power finished installing all 78 foundation monopiles serving both the wind turbines and the offshore substations. This phase involved more than 20 vessels and about 500 personnel from the project team and contractors, reflecting the scale of the offshore construction effort in Polish Baltic waters. Completion of all foundation monopiles represents a key structural milestone, enabling subsequent installation of transition pieces, turbines, and topsides. It also confirms that both turbine and substation foundation scopes have been delivered as planned within the installation campaign.
On 30 October 2025, Baltic Power completed installation of both offshore substation topsides, OSS West and OSS East, in Polish Baltic waters. The substations, located about 20 km from shore at the level of Choczewo, are four‑storey steel structures that collect electricity from 76 × 15 MW turbines via inter‑array cables, step up the voltage to 230 kV and export power to the onshore substation in Choczewo through four offshore export cables. The topsides were fabricated at shipyards in Gdańsk and Gdynia by Grupa Przemysłowa Baltic, then transported to Denmark for full outfitting, reaching a weight of around 2,500 tonnes each. A consortium of CS Wind Offshore and Semco Maritime acted as main contractor. During the installation campaign, the substations were lifted onto pre‑installed foundations and connected via large transition pieces using a specialised floating crane supported by tugboats, barges and crew transfer vessels.
In July 2025, Baltic Power installed the first offshore wind turbines in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea, marking the start of the turbine installation campaign. The project, jointly developed by ORLEN and Northland Power, will ultimately comprise 76 Vestas V236‑15 MW turbines, each rated at 15 MW and among the largest and most advanced turbines used in European projects. According to the project timeline, after foundation and transition piece installation earlier in 2025, the first turbines were erected in July, initiating large‑scale turbine deployment over the approximately 130 km² site located about 23 km off the Łeba and Choczewo coastline. This milestone represents the first installation of such large offshore wind turbines in Polish waters and a key step toward delivering the project’s planned 1,140 MW capacity.
In April 2025, Baltic Power’s operations and service base in Łeba was commissioned and put into use. The facility, built between January 2024 and April 2025, serves as the home port and long-term maintenance hub for the wind farm and also supports the ongoing marine installation campaign as the seat of the Marine Coordination Center. With around 70 technicians to be based there over the wind farm’s 25–30 year life, the base provides quayside, logistics and coordination capabilities needed for vessel operations and offshore preassembly and installation support.
In April 2025, Baltic Power’s operations and service base in Łeba was completed and put into use. The facility, located in the port of Łeba on the Polish Baltic coast, will serve for approximately 30 years as the home port and maintenance centre for the 1,140 MW offshore wind farm, employing around 70 technicians. The base is already supporting the offshore installation campaign and hosts the project’s Marine Coordination Center, which monitors maritime traffic and installation vessel operations around the 130 km² wind farm area on a 24/7 basis. Bringing this dedicated service base into operation is a key construction milestone, providing the onshore logistical, warehousing and coordination infrastructure needed for both the remaining build‑out and long‑term operations.
In April 2025, Baltic Power’s operations and service base in Łeba was completed and put into use. The facility, located in the port of Łeba on the Polish Baltic coast, will serve for approximately 30 years as the home port and maintenance centre for the 1,140 MW offshore wind farm, employing around 70 technicians. The base is already supporting the offshore installation campaign and hosts the project’s Marine Coordination Center, which monitors maritime traffic and installation vessel operations around the 130 km² wind farm area on a 24/7 basis. Bringing this dedicated service base into operation is a key construction milestone, providing the onshore logistical, warehousing and coordination infrastructure needed for both the remaining build‑out and long‑term operations.
On 11 April 2025, Baltic Power confirmed the first successful installation of transition pieces at the offshore site. Five transition elements, supplied by Smulders, were installed to connect monopile foundations with the towers of the offshore wind turbines and substations. Each steel transition piece weighs up to 350 tonnes and exceeds 20 m in height. Van Oord is responsible for transport and installation, using the floating crane vessel SAL LONE equipped with two 1,000‑tonne cranes and DP2 positioning, supported by crew transfer vessels. This work follows the earlier installation of the first monopiles and represents the start of the transition piece installation campaign for the 78 units required across the farm. The activity is supervised by Baltic Power’s Maritime Coordination Center, with foundation monopile installation continuing in parallel.
By 6 February 2025, Baltic Power had advanced key onshore preparatory works for its export cable landfall. Near Lubiatowo, in the Choczewo municipality, the project completed 2 of 4 planned horizontal directional drilling (HDD) connections linking the onshore and offshore cable sections. These HDD drills were executed underground to avoid disturbing sensitive dune and beach areas along the Baltic coast. The HDD campaign forms part of the wider onshore infrastructure works, which also include construction of the onshore substation at Osieki Lęborskie and development of the long‑term operations and maintenance base in Łeba.
In January 2025, Baltic Power began offshore foundation installation, marking the start of in-water construction for Poland’s first offshore wind farm. The project company, a joint venture between ORLEN Group and Northland Power, reports that offshore construction commenced in January and that the first monopiles—the main structural element of the foundations—were successfully installed in the Baltic Sea. These monopiles, up to around 100 m long and weighing up to 1,700 tonnes, are driven into the seabed at about 40 m depth using a specialised installation crane vessel. In total, 78 foundations are to be installed for both wind turbines and offshore substations across the 130 km² site. The milestone confirms transition from onshore works to full offshore construction activity.
Offshore construction for the Baltic Power offshore wind farm started in January 2025. The developer reports that the offshore installation campaign began that month, representing the first large-scale offshore wind construction operation in Polish waters. This campaign involves deploying a fleet of installation and support vessels to the 130 km² site approximately 23 km off the coasts of Łeba and Choczewo. Initial works focused on installing monopile foundations, with subsequent phases to add transition pieces, turbines, offshore substations and subsea cables.
The onshore construction phase of the Baltic Power offshore wind farm began in early 2024. According to the project company, this marked the formal start of the farm’s build-out following FID and financing in autumn 2023. Works include civil construction of the onshore substation in the Choczewo municipality and associated infrastructure needed to receive power from the four export cables, alongside broader onshore enabling works. This milestone signifies the transition from development and permitting into physical construction on land for Poland’s first offshore wind project.
At the start of 2024, Baltic Power commenced onshore cable corridor civil works in the Choczewo municipality. The project timeline notes that after financial close in autumn 2023, the construction phase started at the beginning of 2024, with ongoing construction of the onshore substation and cable ducts ("ław kablowych"). These activities involve trenching and ducting to host the onshore export cables that will connect the landfall to the new 400 kV onshore substation, forming the terrestrial part of the grid connection for the 1,140 MW offshore wind farm.
In 2023 Baltic Power, the 1.2 GW offshore wind farm jointly developed by ORLEN Group and Northland Power, reached final investment decision and closed project financing. The project company secured financing from 25 international financial institutions under a project finance model, enabling full-scale construction to proceed. With FID and debt funding in place, Baltic Power advanced its onshore infrastructure works and prepared for offshore installation activities starting in January 2025. This financial close underpins delivery of Poland’s first offshore wind farm, planned to begin operating in 2026 and supply around 3% of the country’s electricity demand.
Onshore construction for the Baltic Power offshore wind farm’s land-based infrastructure was underway in 2023. Following financial close, Baltic Power began building key onshore assets including the grid-connection substation at Osieki Lęborskie in the Choczewo municipality, which had already reached about 65% completion by early 2025. In parallel, two of four horizontal directional drilling (HDD) crossings for the onshore–offshore cable connections at Lubiatowo were completed to protect sensitive dune and beach areas, and work on the long-term operations and maintenance service base in Łeba was nearing completion. These activities mark the start of the project’s main onshore civil works to enable export of power from the offshore site into the Polish transmission system and to support long-term operations.
On 12 October 2023, ORLEN Group and Northland Power, the developers of the Baltic Power offshore wind farm, confirmed that an EPCI (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation) contract for two offshore substations had been awarded to a consortium of Bladt Industries and Semco Maritime. The contract covers detailed design, procurement, construction and commissioning of the substations, which are key components of Baltic Power’s electrical infrastructure for 76 turbines of 15 MW each. ISC Consulting Engineers acts as primary subcontractor, having already completed much of the engineering scope for both the substations and the associated monopiles and transition pieces.
By 12 October 2023, Baltic Power’s developers ORLEN Group and Northland Power had formally selected Bladt Industries and Semco Maritime as the suppliers and EPCI contractors for the project’s two offshore substations. Under the contract, the consortium will design, procure, construct and commission the substations, which are 2.5‑thousand‑tonne steel structures standing on foundations and rising about 20 metres above sea level. These substations will form the offshore collection and transmission hub for power generated by 76 wind turbine generators, each rated at 15 MW, and are scheduled for final commissioning in early 2026.
In connection with the offshore substation EPCI award announced on 12 October 2023, Bladt Industries was also identified as the supplier of monopile and transition piece foundations for the Baltic Power offshore wind farm. ISC Consulting Engineers had already completed much of the engineering scope for these foundations, as well as for the substations. Bladt will deliver the large steel monopiles and transition pieces that will support both the turbines and the offshore substations at the Baltic Power site, approximately 23 kilometres off the Polish coast near Łeba and Choczewo.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) approved and signed a large-scale loan to support the Baltic Power offshore wind farm. The EIB project sheet for “BALTIC POWER OFFSHORE WINDFARM” records a total signed amount of approximately €609.5 million, with signatures on 14 and 19 September 2023. The financing is provided to Baltic Power sp. z o.o., the joint venture of PKN Orlen and Northland Power, to support the development, construction and operation of the up to 1.2 GW offshore wind farm in Poland’s Exclusive Economic Zone of the Baltic Sea. This subsidised long-term debt, signed under the InvestEU framework, forms part of the project’s wider project-finance debt package alongside commercial lenders and helps cover a significant share of the project’s multi‑billion‑euro capital requirement.
At the beginning of 2023, Baltic Power obtained the first required building permits for the onshore part of the project. These permits cover elements of the onshore connection infrastructure and represent the first building‑permit decisions issued in Poland for an offshore wind project. Together with previously secured environmental decisions, they form a key regulatory milestone enabling the project to move towards final investment decision and to prepare for construction of the offshore wind farm from 2024.
The 30‑day public consultation on the amendment of the environmental decision for the Morska Farma Wiatrowa Baltic Power offshore wind farm closed on 16 February 2023. During this period, the General Director for Environmental Protection had made the environmental documentation available and invited comments and motions from the public regarding the planned changes to the project’s environmental conditions. No comments or motions were submitted within the consultation window, as later noted in the decision justification.
By the end of 2022, Baltic Power had secured contracts covering production, transport and installation of all key components required to implement the Baltic Power offshore wind project. This portfolio of agreements included foundations, offshore substations, turbines, cable systems and associated installation services. Locking in the full suite of major supply and construction contracts marked a decisive transition from permitting and design into detailed execution planning, and was a prerequisite for the joint venture partners ORLEN and Northland Power to proceed towards final investment decision and the planned start of construction in 2024.
On 23 November 2022, the Regional Administrative Court in Warsaw (Wojewódzki Sąd Administracyjny w Warszawie) issued an order to suspend court proceedings related to a complaint filed by Baltic Power Sp. z o.o. against the General Director for Environmental Protection’s 29 June 2022 environmental decision for the Baltic Power offshore wind farm. The suspension followed Baltic Power’s separate request of 2 August 2022 to have that environmental decision amended, which triggered a new administrative procedure at the environmental authority. The court’s order effectively paused the judicial review while the amendment process for the environmental decision was underway, avoiding parallel proceedings on the same decision. This ruling represents a procedural but important regulatory step in the project’s permitting history, clarifying that further consideration of the original appeal would wait until the amendment procedure concluded.
In September 2022, the Baltic Power offshore wind farm developers ORLEN Group and Northland Power named a consortium of Bladt Industries and Semco Maritime as Preferred Supplier for two offshore substations. This designation covered the engineering and future delivery of the HVAC offshore substations forming key elements of the wind farm’s electrical infrastructure, which will collect power from 76 planned 15 MW turbines. The preferred supplier status preceded the subsequent EPCI contract award and allowed the consortium, supported by ISC Consulting Engineers, to progress engineering work ahead of final contract signing.
On 26 September 2022, Baltic Power announced it had signed reservation agreements for the wind turbines, selecting Vestas as turbine supplier for the Baltic Power offshore wind farm. The project will use 76 Vestas turbines rated at 15 MW each, for a total installed capacity of around 1.2 GW. These large V236‑15 units, among the most advanced offshore turbines on the market, will stand over 200 m tall with rotor areas of about 43,000 m². The agreements secure manufacturing and supply capacity for the turbines and associated services, positioning Baltic Power as one of the first projects globally to deploy 15 MW machines and underpinning its planned commercial operations from 2026.
On 26 September 2022, Baltic Power secured reservation contracts with its preferred cable suppliers for the Baltic Power offshore wind farm. NKT was selected to design and manufacture the 230 kV offshore export cable system, while TELE‑FONIKA Kable together with JDR Cable Systems were chosen to supply the inter‑array cables and the onshore section of the export circuits. In total, about 355 km of cables will be installed, including roughly 130 km of inter‑array cables linking turbines to offshore substations and export cables transmitting power to shore. TELE‑FONIKA Kable will also handle transport and installation of the onshore export cables, with DEME contracted for offshore cable transport and installation. These reservations locked in key suppliers ahead of final contracts and construction.
On 26 September 2022, Baltic Power confirmed selection of a consortium of GE and ENPROM to deliver the onshore substation for the Baltic Power offshore wind project. Under the agreement, GE will design the electrical system and supply high‑voltage components, while ENPROM, one of Poland’s largest power construction firms, will be responsible for overall design and construction of the receiving station in the Choczewo municipality. This onshore substation will receive power from four offshore export cables and transform it for injection into the Polish transmission grid. The appointment of GE and ENPROM established the core delivery team for the onshore grid connection works ahead of the 2024 construction start.
On 26 September 2022, Baltic Power awarded key installation and onshore works contracts linked to its cable system. TELE‑FONIKA Kable was contracted not only to supply inter‑array and onshore export cables but also to transport and install the cables on the onshore section between landfall and the onshore substation. DEME, owner of one of the world’s largest specialist fleets, was selected to handle transport and installation of all offshore cables for the project. These awards secured experienced contractors for both onshore and offshore cable installation campaigns, complementing earlier supply reservations and supporting timely execution of the grid connection scope.
On 26 September 2022, Baltic Power awarded key installation and onshore works contracts linked to its cable system. TELE‑FONIKA Kable was contracted not only to supply inter‑array and onshore export cables but also to transport and install the cables on the onshore section between landfall and the onshore substation. DEME, owner of one of the world’s largest specialist fleets, was selected to handle transport and installation of all offshore cables for the project. These awards secured experienced contractors for both onshore and offshore cable installation campaigns, complementing earlier supply reservations and supporting timely execution of the grid connection scope.
On 9 September 2022, Baltic Power signed EPCI contracts with a consortium of Bladt Industries and Semco Maritime for two offshore substations serving the Baltic Power offshore wind farm. The agreements cover engineering, procurement, construction, transport and installation of the substations, each a steel structure of about 2,500 tonnes standing roughly 20 metres above sea level. The substations will collect power from more than 70 turbines across the 130 km² site and export it to shore, forming a key part of the project’s electrical infrastructure. The contracts mark a major late‑development milestone, locking in experienced offshore substation suppliers and enabling detailed construction and installation planning ahead of the main offshore campaign.
On 9 September 2022, Baltic Power confirmed selection of its main foundation suppliers. Steelwind Nordenham was awarded the contract to supply monopile foundations for all infrastructure elements of the Baltic Power offshore wind farm, while Belgian fabricator Smulders was selected to supply transition pieces connecting the monopiles to turbine towers and substations. The monopiles will be up to 120 m long and weigh up to 2,400 tonnes, driven into the Baltic seabed to depths of around 50 m. The transition pieces are specialist steel structures that complete the interface between foundations and topsides. Securing these suppliers in 2022 ensured manufacturing capacity for the large‑scale monopile and transition piece programme required for the 76‑turbine project.
As part of its 2022 contracting round, Baltic Power awarded Van Oord a major installation services contract covering offshore transport and installation of foundation components for the Baltic Power offshore wind farm. Under the contract, Van Oord will deploy its specialist fleet to handle heavy monopiles and transition pieces in Polish Baltic waters. The work involves lifting and piling operations using dedicated installation vessels, supported by tugs and other support craft, to install 78 monopile foundations for turbines and offshore substations. Selecting an experienced offshore contractor at this stage secured installation capacity and contributed to de‑risking the foundation campaign ahead of the 2024–2025 construction window.
In June 2022, Baltic Power completed geotechnical surveys of the seabed within the planned offshore wind farm area. These investigations, carried out over the future turbine and substation locations in the Polish exclusive economic zone, provided detailed data on soil conditions required for the design of monopile foundations and associated infrastructure. Baltic Power reports that it was the first developer in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea to complete such seabed geotechnical campaigns, marking a key early development milestone and de-risking later foundation design and installation for the 76 Vestas 15 MW turbines and two offshore substations planned for the project.
Following an appeal against the 2021 regional environmental decision, the General Director for Environmental Protection (GDOŚ) conducted an appeal procedure and, on 29 June 2022, annulled the RDOŚ Gdańsk decision in full and issued a new environmental decision for the Morska Farma Wiatrowa Baltic Power project. This national-level DŚU, referenced under case DOO-WDZOO.420.59.2021.SP.10, redefined the environmental conditions for the project and replaced the earlier regional decision, becoming the binding basis for subsequent permitting and project implementation.
A joint venture was formally established between PKN ORLEN of Poland and Northland Power of Canada to develop and construct the Baltic Power offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. Under a partnership agreement signed in 2021, the two companies agreed to jointly carry out the construction of an offshore wind project with a capacity of up to 1.2 GW. The project is described as a milestone in the development of the Polish power sector and a key element of ORLEN Group’s transformation, with the joint venture structure providing the platform for delivering the first large-scale offshore wind farm in Polish waters.
The Regional Directorate for Environmental Protection in Gdańsk (RDOŚ Gdańsk) issued the environmental decision (DŚU) for the Baltic Power offshore wind farm on 17 September 2021. This decision approved the project’s environmental conditions for a planned capacity of 1,200 MW, enabling it to move forward toward later permitting stages such as the building permit. The DŚU set out binding environmental requirements that Baltic Power must meet during construction and operation. The decision later became the subject of an appeal by the environmental foundation Grand Agro, which argued shortcomings in the impact assessment and the time allowed to review the documentation. The appeal triggered a higher-level review by the General Directorate for Environmental Protection (GDOŚ), but the original milestone remains the first formal environmental approval for Baltic Power.
In June 2021, the Polish Council of Ministers adopted the national maritime spatial plan for internal waters, the territorial sea and the exclusive economic zone (PZP POM). This regulation formally designated offshore renewable-energy ‘E-zones’, allocating parts of the Polish Baltic Sea for offshore wind development, including the area later used by the Baltic Power offshore wind farm. In its 2023 environmental decision for MFW Baltic Power, the General Directorate for Environmental Protection (GDOŚ) confirms that the planned project location remains consistent with this spatial plan, demonstrating that the project is sited within zones reserved for offshore wind under the 2021 Council of Ministers regulation.
On 15 June 2021, Poland's Energy Regulatory Office (URE) awarded a 25-year contract for difference (CfD) to the Baltic Power offshore wind project, securing long-term revenue support for the up-to-1,200 MW farm jointly developed by Northland Power and PKN ORLEN. The CfD is set at a strike price of PLN 319.60/MWh, indexed annually to Poland's average consumer price index. Under the mechanism — described in Polish law as the "right to cover the negative balance" — the project receives payments compensating any shortfall between the market price of electricity sold and the indexed strike price, providing revenue certainty over the 25-year support period. The award was made under the Polish Offshore Wind Act passed in early 2021, which earmarked an initial 5.9 GW phase of administratively-supported offshore wind capacity. Baltic Power was among the first-phase recipients. The CfD was conditional on review and final approval from Polish authorities and the European Commission's State Aid review, which were subsequently obtained. This milestone provided the revenue-stability anchor required for project financing, FID in late 2023 and the project finance syndicate of 25 international institutions (including the EIB) that funded construction.
In January 2021, Polish energy company ORLEN and Canada’s Northland Power formalised a joint venture to co-develop the Baltic Power offshore wind farm. As part of this agreement, the partners created the project company Baltic Power, which will develop, construct and operate an offshore wind farm of around 1.2 GW in the Polish Exclusive Economic Zone of the Baltic Sea, approximately 23 km off the coast between Łeba and Choczewo. The joint venture structure underpins the project’s development strategy, combining ORLEN’s local market presence and Northland Power’s offshore wind experience in Europe. This partnership marks the start of coordinated project development, permitting and supply-chain contracting for what is described as the most advanced first-phase offshore wind project in Poland.
On 29 January 2021, Northland Power Inc. announced it had entered into an agreement with PKN ORLEN S.A. to acquire a 49% equity interest in the Baltic Power offshore wind project in the Baltic Sea. The transaction gives Northland a minority stake in a mid‑development stage project with potential capacity of up to 1,200 MW, located about 23 km offshore Poland. PKN ORLEN retains the remaining interest. The deal positions Northland as ORLEN’s strategic partner for co‑developing Baltic Power and allows Northland to expand its European offshore wind portfolio while entering the growing Polish offshore wind market. Inclusive of the purchase price, Northland indicated it expected to invest approximately PLN 290 million in Baltic Power development during 2021, though the release did not break out a specific acquisition price for the 49% stake.
In 2020, the Baltic Power offshore wind project secured its location permit in the Polish Baltic Sea. This permit corresponds to the PSZW authorisation, issued under the Maritime Areas Act, which grants the right to construct and use artificial islands, structures and devices in Polish maritime areas. The location permit establishes the fundamental seabed rights for the project, enabling subsequent grid connection, environmental permitting and financing steps. Northland Power notes that Baltic Power had already secured this permit, alongside its grid connection agreement and environmental permit filing, by 2020, confirming that the core siting consent for the project was in place ahead of the 2021 joint-venture agreement and later FID.
In 2020, the Baltic Power offshore wind project reached a key grid milestone by signing a grid connection agreement with the national transmission system operator (TSO). Northland Power’s announcement notes that, during 2020, the project secured its location permit, signed the grid connection agreement and filed its environmental permit, consolidating its position as a mid‑development stage project. The agreement formally confirms the conditions under which Baltic Power will connect its planned 1.14 GW of offshore wind capacity to the Polish transmission grid, enabling subsequent permitting, financing and construction planning to proceed on a firm grid-access basis.
In 2020, the Baltic Power offshore wind project secured its location permit (PSZW) for the construction and use of artificial islands and offshore structures in the Polish Exclusive Economic Zone of the Baltic Sea, establishing the seabed development rights for the wind farm area of about 130 km² located roughly 23 km off the Polish coast near Łeba and Choczewo. This permit, noted alongside the grid connection agreement and environmental permit filing, positioned Baltic Power as one of Poland’s most advanced offshore wind projects.
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