Promising a breakthrough year for Poland’s economy, Prime Minister Donal Tusk unveiled plans for the country’s Baltica 2 offshore wind farm project, one of the largest energy projects of its kind. Energy being so vital to ensuring “the security and competitiveness of the Polish economy”, Tusk pledged that 2025 would be a year of “powerful, large investments”.
The Baltica 2 offshore wind farm project with a capacity of some 1.5 GW is backed by Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted – the Danish company specialising in offshore wind energy, in which Denmark’s state treasury is the majority shareholder.
“We are talking about the largest turbines in the world and about the future of Polish energy, because this large investment is only a part of a gigantic project in the Polish energy sector”, Tusk said.
The wind farm will be located about 40 km from the shore, he added, noting that the investors had taken into account the need to protect the region’s “environment and tourist attractions”. The aim is to go operational in 2027 and to be able to generate “about 18 GW from wind” by 2040, the equivalent of the electricity output of “four nuclear power plants.”
The head of government concluded that “Poland can truly be a leader in growth and also a leader in European optimism.”
The farm will cover an area of approximately 190 square kilometres located 40 kilometres from the Polish coast, between Ustka and Choczewo. It will be equipped with 107 turbines with a capacity of 14
MW each. The cost of the project is approximately PLN 30 billion, of which Poland’s involvement is approximately PLN 15 billion; approximately PLN 6 billion of which comes from National Reconstruction Plan funding.
Poland’s economy grew by 3.1% in the fourth quarter of 2024, Tusk said, an indication that Poland was on its way to becoming a growth leader in the European Union. According to Central Statistical Office data released yesterday, a preliminary estimate of GDP growth in 2024 amounted to 2.9%.
Tusk welcomed this as evidence pointing to 2025 being “a Polish year since, despite the difficulties experienced in 2024, economic growth had “exceeded analysts’ expectations.”
