Baltic East is the most advanced project among the offshore wind farm projects developed by ORLEN Neptun. The project with an area of approx. 110 km2 is being developed within the 46.E.1 water region. The farm, with an installed capacity of approximately 1 GW, has the potential to provide clean energy to more than one million households in Poland.
The project is being developed under a decision issued by the Ministry of Infrastructure in October 2023 on granting the ORLEN Group five new sites for the construction of offshore farms in the Baltic Sea with an estimated total installed capacity of about 5.2 GW.
The project implemented under the 46.E.1. water region has been granted preliminary conditions for connection to the transmission grid, a permit to erect or use artificial islands, structures and devices, a permit to lay and maintain cables and an environmental decision for the offshore wind farm, issued by the Regional Directorate for Environmental Protection in Gdańsk. In December 2025, the Baltic East project was among the winners of the first Polish auction for offshore wind farms conducted by the President of the Polish Energy Regulatory Office.
Winning the auction means that the Baltic East project moves towards the advanced development phase, which will be concluded with making the Final Investment Decision. As part of further development, design and technical analyses, location surveys will be continued and the necessary decisions and permits will be obtained. The commercial operations date, i.e. the moment when the offshore wind farm will start generating electricity (known as COD), is estimated to be 2032.
Location
The Baltic East farm will be located at the height of the village of Choczewo at a distance of about 22.5 kilometers from the Baltic Sea coast. This is the area directly adjacent to the Baltic Power offshore wind farm currently under construction (about 1.2 GW), a joint investment project by ORLEN and Northland Power, which is to be commissioned this year.
The planned area of the Baltic East project is about 110 km2 with depths from about 25 to 40 meters below sea level.
Estimated parameters of the wind farm
According to the current assumptions of the Baltic East project, it is planned to build a farm where several tens of offshore wind turbines will be erected with a unit capacity consistent with the latest available technologies offered by leading manufacturers. The turbines will be placed on monopile, or jacket, or other foundations depending on the results of geological surveys and available technologies.
| Area | 110 km2 | |
| Distance to the shore | 22.5 km | |
| Capacity | 900 MW | |
| Water depth | 25-40 m b.s.l. | |
| Single turbine capacity | from 14 MW | |
| Foundations | monopiles / jacket | |
| Onshore substations (ONS) | 1 | |
| Offshore substations (OSS) | up to 2 | |
| Export cables | up to 4 | |
| Power transmission technology | HVAC | |
| Operational time | ~25-30 years |
