Gdańsk Shipyard opens production line for offshore wind towers

A new production line for offshore wind towers was launched on Friday by GSG Towers, a company belonging to the Gdańsk Shipyard Group. The investment is worth PLN 160 million and aims to produce 300 towers a year. The company already has a full order book for the coming year. “This investment introduces the Gdańsk Shipyard Group to the very demanding market of marine wind energy production. This is a giant step in comparison to what we produce today,” Jarosław Łasiński, president of Stocznia Gdańsk SA and GSG Towers, said at Friday’s opening ceremony. He pointed out that the new investment not only enables the production of bigger towers (diameter up to 8 m, with sections weighing up to 200 tons), but also the doubling of production from the current 150 per year. Deputy Minister of Maritime­ Economy and Inland Waterways Paweł Brzezicki, who was present at the ceremony, noted that construction of the first large wind farm in Poland is planned for the coming years.