Positive
Project advancing - milestone achieved
High Impact
Major milestone or critical setback
On 29 July 2024, the Regional Director of Environmental Protection in Gdańsk issued a positive Environmental Decision (Decyzja o środowiskowych uwarunkowaniach) for the transmission infrastructure of the BC-Wind offshore wind farm. The decision covers both offshore and onshore elements of the connection, namely about 33 km of subsea export cable and about 8 km of onshore cable from the Choczewo landfall to the new PSE 400 kV Choczewo substation, with the shore crossing executed by horizontal directional drilling (HDD). It is based on a detailed environmental impact report prepared by MEWO with Geomor and Marea, covering ornithology, chiropterology, marine mammals and a seabed archaeological survey. This DŚU is distinct from, and complements, the 2022 environmental decision covering the wind farm itself, completing the regulatory environmental-permitting envelope ahead of the building permits and Final Investment Decision later in 2025.