PGE books Gdańsk’s T5 terminal for the long haul: Baltica 2 first, then more offshore wind farms

Nearly 4 GW through one terminal

PGE Group runs Poland's largest offshore wind programme. Alongside the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 project, developed with Ørsted, the group is advancing further Baltic projects totalling more than 2.3 GW. Rather than booking port capacity one project at a time, PGE has secured the terminal for the long term, arguing that investments on this scale require decades-long planning and guaranteed access to modern port infrastructure.

- Offshore wind requires thinking in terms of decades. That is why we are already securing infrastructure that will allow us to deliver not only Baltica 2 but also the next wind farms developed by the PGE Group. Terminal T5 in Gdańsk, one of the most modern facilities of its kind in the region, will play an important role in our plans for the Baltic - said Dariusz Lubera, President of the Management Board of PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna.

2027 Baltica 2, 2028 BC-Wind, then the rest of the PGE pipeline

PGE has set out a timeline for the terminal for the first time. In 2027 T5 will serve as the logistics base for Baltica 2, storing the project's strategic components: towers, nacelles and blades. In 2028 the terminal will be used by Ocean Winds as the installation base for BC-Wind, whose first monopiles are already arriving at the Świnoujście Offshore Terminal. In the following years T5 will support new offshore wind projects from the PGE portfolio.

The terminal was built on reclaimed land in the Gulf of Gdańsk as an extension of the Baltic Hub container terminal, adding 21.3 hectares with a roughly 450-metre quay for jack-up installation vessels, a 350-metre inbound quay and a 105-metre Ro-Ro berth, all engineered for very high point loads. The investment cost close to PLN 1.2 billion, including PLN 700 million from Poland's National Recovery Plan and PLN 500 million invested by the Polish Development Fund. Istrana is the investor and NDI of Sopot the general contractor, with construction officially launched on 13 November 2024. Until now, Baltica 2 components were shipped out of Rønne on Bornholm; marshalling them in Gdańsk, close to the wind farm sites, is meant to shorten transport, cut costs and reduce the risk of installation delays.

Polish ports enter the supply chain

Two years ago Poland had no installation port of its own for offshore wind. Within a single week this autumn, Gdańsk opened T5, Świnoujście received its first monopiles for BC-Wind, and PGE booked the Gdańsk terminal for its future projects. For domestic suppliers, that is the opportunity both the terminal's owner and its anchor tenant point to.

- Terminal T5 shows that ambitious infrastructure projects in Poland can move from plans to concrete results. Today we can speak not of plans but of real infrastructure that will create value for the Polish economy for many years - said Lech Paszkowski, President of the Management Board of Istrana.

PGE sees the long-term booking as a chance to develop the national supply chain and strengthen the share of Polish companies in a fast-growing market, with the Port of Gdańsk consolidating its position as one of the key offshore wind hubs in the region.

- Through investments like this we are building lasting foundations for the long-term development of offshore wind energy in Poland - Dariusz Lubera added.