Lease Executed

By decision of the Polish Ministry of Infrastructure (Ministerstwo Infrastruktury), the joint venture of PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted received the PSzW (Pozwolenie na wznoszenie i wykorzystywanie sztucznych wysp, konstrukcji i urządzeń w polskich obszarach morskich) for area 45.E.1 in the Polish Baltic Sea, authorising construction and use of up to 210 MW of generating capacity. The site, working-titled "Baltica 2+", covers approximately 17 km² on the Słupsk Bank (Ławica Słupska) and sits approximately 32 km from the shoreline, immediately adjacent to the Baltica 2 and Baltica 3 areas already under development by the same JV partners. The PSzW was issued on a joint application submitted by PGE and Ørsted, and the area is classified within Poland's Phase II offshore wind support system (II faza systemu wsparcia). PGE chairman Wojciech Dąbrowski highlighted the synergy with the adjacent ~2.5 GW Baltica 2/3 development, and Ørsted Offshore Poland MD Agata Staniewska-Bolesta said the new area's location characteristics show significant technical synergies with the partners' existing Baltica programme. PSzW validity under the Maritime Areas Act 1991 (Art. 23-27d) is typically 30 years (extendable). The seabed-rights instrument is the foundational consent for any subsequent Polish offshore wind development steps (DŚU, building permit, grid connection).