Offshore Wind Buildout Starts in Poland
In Poland, work has started on adding the country's first offshore wind capacity with the construction of the 1.2 GW Baltic Power project now underway and the final investment decision taken on the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm.
Offshore construction has begun on the 1.2 GW Baltic Power wind farm, being built by a joint venture between PKN Orlen and Northland Power in Poland, with the installation of the first monopiles.
Preparatory and trial operations for offshore construction began in January, with several vessels involved, including Van Oord’s heavy-lift ship Svanen.
On 6 February, the Baltic Power joint venture announced that the first two of 78 monopiles had been installed at the site, approximately 23 kilometres north of the Baltic Sea coastline in Poland.
Scheduled to be completed in 2026, Baltic Power will be the first Polish offshore wind farm operating in the Baltic Sea, according to the developer.
The two substation topsides for the Polish offshore wind farm Baltic Power have arrived at the Port of Aalborg, Denmark, from Gdynia, Poland, for further outfitting of the electrical equipment.
The topsides were produced by Baltic Industrial Group at shipyards in Gdynia and Gdańsk. Each topside weighs about 1,300 tonnes and has dimensions of 20x40x40 metres, the size of a multi-story building.?A single fully equipped topside will weigh about 2,500 tonnes.
During the outfitting stage in Denmark, various substation levels will be equipped with key components, including main transformers, high-level switchgear, auxiliary switchgear, control and monitoring systems, and other auxiliary equipment. Semco Maritime is responsible for this phase of the project.
Semco Maritime and CS Wind Offshore are responsible for the engineering, procurement, fabrication, and installation of the wind farm’s two substations under a contract signed in 2023.
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have entered into agreements with the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm developer(s) to provide a total of EUR 600 million in financing for the 1.5 GW Polish offshore wind project, EUR 400 million coming from EIB and EUR 200 million from EBRD.
?rsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE), the joint owners and developers of the offshore wind farm, said on 30 January they took the final investment decision (FID) on Baltica 2, moving the project into the construction phase.
According to PGE, the Baltica 2 offshore wind project obtained PLN 11.1 billion (approximately EUR 2.6 billion) in loans from 24 Polish and international financial institutions, including EIB and EBRD.
EIB said on 30 January that it signed an agreement to support PGE with a EUR 400 million loan towards the design and construction of Baltica 2, noting that this was the European Union’s largest offshore wind farm to date.
On 31 January, EBRD said it was supporting the financing of the construction and development of the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm with a EUR 200 million loan, provided through a consortium of international and local commercial lenders, the European Investment Bank, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego and the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark.
Ocean Winds and Cadeler have signed a vessel reservation agreement for the installation of the turbines at the BC-Wind offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea.
The potential value of the contract to be negotiated during the pendency of the reservation agreement is estimated to be between EUR 48 million and EUR 56 million.
The reservation agreement relates to the transportation and installation of around 30 wind turbines at the BC-Wind offshore wind farm.
Cadeler will deploy one of its O-class vessels, with the project scheduled to be completed in 2028.
Located approximately 23 kilometres north of the shore, near the municipalities of Krokowa and Choczewo in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, the BC-Wind offshore wind farm is planned to have a capacity of up to 500 MW. It is Ocean Winds’ first project in Poland.
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