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Dutch marine construction firm Van Oord has won a contract for subsea rock installation on the Baltyk 2 and 3 offshore wind developments in Poland. The contract with an undisclosed value covers the procurement, transportation and protection of the seabed around the foundations of wind turbines and offshore substations, as well as the routes of the inter-array cables and those connecting the wind farms to the Polish power grid. Jointly developed by Equinor and Polenergia, the Baltyk 2 and 3 offshore wind farms will have a total combined capacity of 1.44 GW. The duo is developing three offshore wind farm projects in the Baltic Sea with a total capacity of up to 3 GW, which will be able to provide power to 4m households in Poland. The first energy from the Baltyk 2 and Baltyk 3 projects is expected to flow into the grid in 2027, and the commercial phase of use will begin in 2028. Multiple contractors have already been lined up for the Baltic Sea wind farms, which will be located some 22 km and 37 km from the port of Leba in Poland. The new contract for Van Oord adds to the company’s Polish offshore wind market backlog with monopile installation work secured on the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 developed by Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and 1.2 GW Baltic Power developed by ORLEN and Northland Power. |
