Grid Application

By April 2024, Equinor and Polenergia had submitted an application to PSE (Polish Power Grid) to change the connection conditions for Bałtyk 1 to high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology, replacing the original alternating-current connection conditions issued in January 2019. The developers stated the change was justified by the total distance from the connection point (~81 km offshore) and the total planned capacity (1,560 MW), which together favour an HVDC export design. The developers explicitly referenced Equinor's HVDC experience as a shareholder/operator on Dogger Bank in the UK — the world's largest offshore wind farm at the time, which delivered first power via HVDC in 2023 — as the technology benchmark intended to be transferred to Poland. As of April 2024 the change application had been lodged but no formal PSE decision on the revised connection conditions had yet been disclosed publicly. The grid connection point itself remains the Krzemienica substation (PSE) in Redzikowo municipality.