ORLEN Neptun and the Szczecin and Świnoujście Seaports Authority have signed a letter of intent on a potential expansion of the Świnoujście Offshore Terminal, Poland’s first installation terminal for offshore wind farms. The signing, one year after the terminal opened, coincided with the PSEW 2026 conference and was attended by Climate and Environment Minister Paulina Hennig-Kloska and Deputy Minister Urszula Zielińska.
The letter is described as a first step toward further development of the terminal and modernisation of port infrastructure, intended to support upcoming offshore wind projects and reinforce Świnoujście as one of the Baltic’s key installation hubs. Opened in June 2025, the terminal is central to ORLEN’s Baltic East and Baltic West projects and also serves external operators, having attracted clients including Ocean Winds and Smulders in its first year.
The minister set offshore wind targets of 5.9 GW by 2030 and up to 18 GW by 2040, and said reforms to repowering rules could raise output at existing wind farms by up to 30 percent using current infrastructure. Designated accelerated-development areas — 17 percent of Poland for solar and 11 percent for wind — would allow projects to proceed without separate environmental decisions.
According to PSEW analysis, domestic content in onshore wind could eventually reach 75 percent, with the market worth over PLN 200 billion by 2040. For the Baltic supply chain, the terminal’s expansion signals Poland’s intent to anchor more offshore manufacturing and logistics at home.
