Netherlands-based Van Oord has been contracted for the development of the Baltica 2, which is the primary stage of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm within the Polish Baltic Sea.
The offshore wind mission, developed by PGE and Ørsted, will likely be situated within the Polish part of the Baltic Sea roughly 40 kilometres off the coast of Poland between Łeba and Ustka.
Underneath the contract, Van Oord will transport and set up 111 prolonged monopiles, of which 107 will function foundations for wind generators and the opposite 4 as foundations for offshore substations.
Van Oord will deploy the offshore set up vessel Aeolus and heavy-lift set up vessel Svanen, which can endure a serious improve this yr, on the 1.5 GW Polish offshore wind mission.
The extension of the gantry crane will enhance Svanen’s lifting capability and, because of this, will allow the vessel to put in the foundations for the Siemens Gamesa 14 MW wind generators used on the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm, Van Oord stated.
The corporate’s fallpipe vessel Nordnes will likely be deployed to precisely and effectively set up rock in any respect basis areas.
The monopiles will likely be provided by German-based Steelwind Nordenham (34 models) and the Navantia-Windar consortium (77 models).
“In 2023 we finalized contracts for the provision of all elements for the offshore a part of the Baltica 2 mission, and we have already got the final contracts forward of us, which deliver us nearer to the belief of this strategic mission for offshore wind vitality in Poland,” stated Agata Staniewska-Bolesta, Managing Director of Ørsted Offshore Poland.
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Semco Maritime and PTSC Mechanical & Development (PTSC M&C) will likely be accountable for the design, manufacturing, and commissioning of the offshore substations whereas Orient Cable (NBO) will likely be delivering 170 kilometres of 66 kV subsea array cables that will likely be connecting the wind generators to the offshore substations.
“Now we have already chartered vessels for the set up of generators and cables, and now additionally a fleet that may set up the foundations that begin the development of the offshore wind farm. The beginning of set up of monopiles is scheduled for 2026, whereas first electrical energy from Baltica 2 will stream to customers a yr later,” stated Arkadiusz Sekściński, President of the Administration Board at PGE Baltica.
PGE and Ørsted plan to fee Baltica 2 by the top of 2027 and the 1 GW Baltica 3 mission by 2030. With a joint capability of two.5 GW, the Baltica 2 and Baltica 3 will create the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm.
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