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Project advancing - milestone achieved
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Major milestone or critical setback
On 21 August 2024, Polenergia and Equinor announced that the Pomeranian Voivodeship had issued the full set of 17 construction permits required to build the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms. For Bałtyk 2, the permits authorise installation of 50 of the 100 jointly authorised wind turbines, one of the two offshore substations in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea, the laying of export and inter-array (internal) cables, and one of the two associated onshore substations with supporting infrastructure near Ustka. The award completed the offshore and onshore construction-permit set after several intermediate permits had been issued by mid-July, removing the final regulatory obstacle to commencing physical construction works. With these authorisations in place, the developers stated they were "one step away from building the offshore wind farms", and confirmed that preparatory works on land would begin in 2024, with first electricity expected in 2027 and full commercial operation in 2028.