Positive
Project advancing - milestone achieved
High Impact
Major milestone or critical setback
In 2022, the Regional Director for Environmental Protection in Gdańsk issued the environmental decision (DŚU) for the connection infrastructure of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm, covering power export from the two project stages Baltica 2 and Baltica 3. The permit confirms the environmental acceptability of the offshore export cable landfall, onshore cable route through Choczewo commune, and the two onshore transformer stations near Osieki Lęborskie that will transmit power into the national transmission grid. This decision closed a major phase of environmental work for the grid connection and enabled the developers PGE and Ørsted to proceed with applications for water-law permits and location decisions, further de-risking the grid export arrangements for Baltica 3 as part of the combined Baltica 2+3 scheme.