PGE Group and Oersted have signed a contract with Van Oord for the transport and installation of foundations for the Baltica 2 project – one of the two phases of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm. The successful company will transport to the construction area of the offshore wind farm and then install 111 monopiles with 107 of them serving as foundations for wind turbines and the remaining 4 will serve as foundations for offshore substations.

“Our company consistently concluding further contracts with offshore companies for the installation of all components for the Baltica 2 farm. We have already chartered vessels for the installation of turbines and cables, and now also a fleet that will install the foundations from which the offshore construction of the power station starts. The start of the foundation installation work is scheduled for 2026, and a year later the first electricity from Baltica will flow to consumers”, says PGE Baltica president Arkadiusz Sekściński.

Van Oord is a leading international contractor with more than 150 years of experience in marine engineering and offshore projects. Van Oord will use two installation vessels, Aeolus and Svanen, to carry out the transportation and installation of the foundations for the Baltica 2 project.

Baltica 2 and Baltica 3 are two phases of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm. Oersted and PGE are planning to complete the Baltica 2 stage with a capacity of approximately 1.5 GW by the end of 2027, while the Baltica 3 stage with a capacity of approximately 1 GW by 2030. The investors are yet to make a final investment decision. Baltica 2 and Baltica 3 will form the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm with a total capacity of 2.5 GW.

The PGE Group generates 41 % of Poland’s electricity, and its share of the heat market is 18 %. The Group estimates its share of the renewable energy market at 10 %. In a distribution area of approximately 123,000 km2 PGE serves 5.5 million customers. 

Arkadiusz Słomczyński