Just like the Southwest of Poland is strong in coal power, the North should be great in renewable power. With this message, the Polish government launched projects Kashubia on 6 May 2025. The goal: to strengthen the strategic position of the tri-city Gdańsk, Sopot and Gdynia with industries running on wind and solar energy. At the same time, reinforce the port of Gdynia for military-logistic purposes.
With Kashubia, the Polish government wants to improve roads, railways, energy infrastructure, develop dual-use services, produce drone and anti-drone systems and integrate it with offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms and the planned first nuclear plant of Poland. The plans were announced at a conference in Gdynia on 6 May.
Key-role for military hardware
The mayor of the city, Aleksandra Kosiorek, added that Kashubia will include the so-called Red Road and Kwiatkowski flyover. According to her, both are needed to improve the supplies in and out the port of Gdynia. Already a strong logistics hub, the port lies relatively safe inside a bay, and has together with the harbour facilities of Gdańsk direct access to the Baltic Sea via a wide passage near Hell peninsula. Both ports will have a key-role for military hardware in case of war or crisis.
Poland’s first offshore wind farm
The project Kashubia announcement comes about three months after state-controlled energy company Orlen started construction of Poland’s first offshore wind farm. Planned to give its first power in 2026, the sizeable wind farm with a peak capacity of 1.2 Gigawatts is build together with Northland Power from Canada.
When project Kashubia will show some serious business, remains unclear. | © 2025 Marcel Burger, nordicreporter.com. Featured photo of the port of Gdynia by Niels Johannes