PGE Baltica, owned by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, has appointed Sweco Polska as a contract engineer for the construction of an operational and maintenance (O&M) base in Ustka, Poland.
The contract engineer is responsible for the supervision over the detailed design and construction of the O&M base, including the buildings, quay reconstruction, and the entire infrastructure necessary for the ongoing operation of the base.
The new PGE Baltica facilities in Ustka will be built on an area of approximately 2.3 hectares on the western side of the Słupia River.
It will consist of an administrative building, a warehouse, a manoeuvring area, and a quay where service units will be moored to transport crews to the offshore wind farm area.
The planned commissioning of the O&M base is in the fourth quarter of 2026.
PGE Group announced its plans to build an O&M for its future offshore wind projects in Ustka in October 2022.
The company’s portfolio consists of eight offshore wind projects in various stages of development with a total capacity exceeding 7 GW.
PGE, together with its partner Ørsted, is developing the 2.5 GW Baltica offshore wind farm in Poland. Located in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea between Łeba and Ustka, the project comprises two stages, the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 and the 1 GW Baltica 3.
The wind farms are planned to be commissioned by the end of 2027 and by the end of this decade, respectively.
After 2030, PGE Baltica plans to start construction of the 900 MW Baltica 1 offshore wind project.