Polish energy company PKN Orlen’s subsidiary Baltic Power has secured a grid connection agreement with the Poland’s transmission system operator Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE) for a 1200MW offshore wind farm.
PKN Orlen said the agreement is one of the key stages of investment preparation, ensuring that clean energy produced at sea will go to the national power system.
It is carrying out preparatory works for the implementation of the offshore wind farm about 23km from the shore off Leba and Choczewo.
Electricity from the wind farm will be fed through an underground cable route leading from the turbines to a substation located on land.
The PSE station will be built specifically for the purpose of receiving and further transmission of electricity from wind farms in the Baltic Sea, PKN Orlen said.
PKN Orlen management board president Daniel Obajtek said the contract is a strong signal that the project is entering an advanced stage of preparations.