PGE Baltica with an agreement to conduct a preliminary geotechnical campaign

PGE Baltica, a company from the PGE Group, signed an agreement with Geoquip Marine to conduct a preliminary geotechnical campaign of the seabed for the Baltica offshore wind farm project 1.

The main objective of the planned geotechnical campaign in the offshore wind power plant area is to obtain preliminary information on the geological construction of the surveyed area. The information obtained will be used, among other things, to choose the optimal way to plant wind turbine towers and to plan further stages of research, including geotechnical research under the foundations.

The Geotechnical Campaign Agreement that has just been signed is another important step towards this investment. Based on the seabed structure data obtained during the research, we will create a feasibility study and initially design a turbine system and a marine power station.
Arkadiusz Seksciński, President of the Management Board of PGE Baltica

The agreement includes testing CPTU probes, land sampling in the farm area and laboratory tests. The CPTU probe is a test that involves pushing into the ground a piezoelectric cone with a system of sensors recording ground parameters continuously. Readings from the device will be interpreted to determine the geology of the area. In addition, we plan to perform laboratory tests on samples taken. The research will begin in the second quarter of this year.

We are very pleased that we can and continue our long-term cooperation with Poland's largest domestic renewable electricity producer. Our team of experts is fully committed to providing the precise geotechnical information needed in this project.
Richard Turner, CEO of Geoquip Marine

The IMF Baltica 1 project, with a power of about 0.9 GW, is one of three projects currently implemented by the PGE Group in the Baltic Sea, approximately 80 km from the shoreline, approximately at the height of Łeba in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. The project already has a localization permit and connection agreement, and behind it the first full year of research on windiness, sea currents and waves. The Baltica 1 IMF project will be launched after 2030.

The next two projects are Baltica 2 and Baltica 3, which will create the Baltica Marine Wind Farm with a total power of 2.5 GW are carried out with Ørsted. The construction of the Baltica 2 stage with a capacity of approx. 1.5 GW is planned by the end of 2027, while the Baltica 3 stage with a power of approx. 1 GW by 2030.

Source: PGE Baltica