4C is now TGS

We are excited to announce a significant milestone in 4C Offshore's journey. Our integration into the TGS family marks the beginning of a new era in offshore wind market intelligence.

Learn what this means for you!

Financial advisors appointed for Polish offshore wind farm

By: Tom Russell 22/09/2021 PKN ORLEN

General Windfarms

A consortium comprising Pekao Investment Banking and Green Giraffe has been mandated as financial advisor for the Baltic Power offshore wind farm project. The two companies will be responsible for raising funding for the project.

The role of the advisor will be to develop a complete concept of raising funds for the project along with an execution schedule. The consortium will also assist in the preparation of the required documentation and establish contracts with potential partners.

"Transformation of the power sector remains a major challenge, but renewable projects are increasingly cost-effective. A key element of the transformation process is to raise finance for zero-carbon energy projects. Our experience in raising funds for green projects has been very positive, and we can see investors are willing to engage in them, as evidenced by strong investor interest in PKN ORLEN’s green Eurobond issues. Baltic Power is a good example of a project that offers benefits to both investors, the ORLEN Group and the Polish economy as a whole," said Daniel Obajtek, President of the PKN ORLEN Management Board.

"The consortium we have selected combines two features that are vital to us – in-depth knowledge of the Polish market and a long track record of raising capital for offshore wind projects. Financing large-scale offshore projects is still new to local financial institutions. The combined knowledge and experience of the two companies will help with effective fundraising and will set the course for the financing of similar ventures in the Baltic Sea," notes Jarosław Broda, President of the Baltic Power Management Board.

Pekao Investment Banking is a Polish company, which provides advisory services focused on developing financial strategies and structuring and implementing fundraising processes for energy and other projects. Green Giraffe is an international financial advisory firm, specialising in the renewable energy sector. The company has been involved in renewable energy projects with a total capacity of over 100 GW, most of them located in Europe. The advisor’s offshore wind experience in raising offshore wind non-recourse project finance debt is founded on close to 30 projects with a total capacity of approximately 9 GW.

PKN ORLEN and Northland Power are jointly developing 1.2 GW Baltic Power project. Construction is expected to commence in 2023 with commercial operations expected in 2026. Back in June it secured a Contract for Difference which was priced PLN 319.60 per MWh for up to 25 years, subject to some adjustments and final approval from Polish authorities and the European Commission. The project site, with an area of approximately 131 km2, is located about 23 km north of the Baltic coastline, near Łeba and Choczewo.

For more information on offshore wind farms worldwide, click here. You can also view projects worldwide on 4C Offshore's Interactive map.

Premium

4C Offshore Premium, our most popular subscription, gives you full access to use the 4C Offshore WebApp which includes exclusive offshore wind, transmission and vessel reports, news and downloads.

Request a 30 minute Demo

Financial advisors appointed for Polish offshore wind farm

Back to News

Trending News!