This week, members of the WindEurope Ports Platform convened in Poland’s Western Pomerania region to witness firsthand the country’s accelerating offshore wind advancements. Representatives from some of Europe’s largest maritime ports toured key sites in Szczecin and Świnoujście, highlighting the region’s pivotal role in Poland’s burgeoning offshore wind industry. Under the banner of the “West [...]

Baltic Power has announced in a press release the appointment of Kamil Kobyliński to the company's Board of Directors as a Board Member. He replaces Jarosław Broda in this role. Kamil Kobyliński is an experienced manager and energy industry expert with over 20 years of experience. He is a former member of the management boards [...]

PGE Baltica from the PGE Group has selected a company that will perform of the tasks of a contract engineer for the construction of an operational and maintenance base in Ustka. In the resolved tender, the most advantageous offer was submitted by Sweco Polska. - We are getting closer to starting construction work on our [...]

Gdynia, 3 December 2024: The West Pomeranian Voivode has issued two key decisions on the implementation of the F.E.W. Baltic II offshore wind farm. In doing so, he granted a permit for the construction of offshore wind turbines together with an internal power and telecommunications network and an offshore substation for the RWE F.E.W. Baltic II [...]

Poland's Bank Ochrony Środowiska (Bank for Environmental Protection) has subscribed to Polenergia's green bonds in the amount of PLN 90 million. Polenergia Group is Poland's largest private energy group and a leader in the market of renewable energy producers (RES). The funds from the bonds are to be used, among other things, to finance the [...]

Joint venture companies Equinor and Polenergia, which are developing the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farm projects, have signed energy sales agreements with Danske Commodities, which will be responsible for selling the electricity produced by the farms on the Polish wholesale and balancing market. Danske Commodities, which is part of Equinor, will also [...]

Ocean Winds, together with the Industrial Development Academy (PAR), has summed up the third edition of the ‘Career with the Wind’ programme - an educational initiative aimed at preparing technical school students for work in the offshore wind energy sector. The programme is aimed at young people from across Poland to familiarise them with career [...]

The port of Władysławowo is emerging as a crucial player in Poland’s offshore wind industry, with both Szkuner company and Ocean Winds recognizing its potential. Ocean Winds, a global leader in offshore wind energy, has been in partnership with the port since 2022, and plans to establish a long-term operations and maintenance base for the [...]

Baltic Power has announced plans to implement a temporary compensation scheme for fishermen fishing in the area where the first Polish offshore wind farm is planned. The squares in question are O7, O8, N7, N8, approximately 23 km from the shore. The solution is transitional and will remain in force until a ministerial decree regulating [...]

Polenergia and Equinor have signed another key contract for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farm projects. The contract is for horizontal drilling in the landfall area. The contractor for the work for both projects is the Dutch company Visser & Smit Hanab. The signed agreement is yet again bringing Polenergia and Equinor [...]

Poland has simultaneously sent the 2nd and 3rd payment applications from the National Recovery Plan (NRP) to the European Commission. The total amount of payments from these two applications will be greater than the previous one and may amount to more than PLN 40 billion (around €9.4 billion), including more than PLN 17.5 billion (€4.1 [...]

Polenergia and Equinor, who are jointly developing three offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, have signed a significant agreement with Tele-Fonika Kable. The Polish company will produce and deliver land cables for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 projects. Tele-Fonika Kable is ranked among the global leaders in the cable industry. “We want our [...]

New Board Members are supporting the organisation in its further development in the offshore wind industry from 2 September 2024. Janusz Bil has been acting as Chairman of the Board of ORLEN Neptun for the past two months. Joanna Sasak will serve as Board Member for Finance. She is a finance executive with over 20 [...]

Vattenfall has decided to pause the development of the offshore wind power project Swedish Kriegers Flak until further notice, due to unviable investment prerequisites in Sweden. Swedish Kriegers Flak, located about 30 km south of Trelleborg, is Sweden's most mature offshore wind power project. The wind farm is estimated to generate 2.7 TWh of fossil-free [...]

Polenergia and Equinor are one step away from building wind farms in the Baltic Sea. The Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 projects, which are being implemented by both companies, have received a set of offshore and onshore construction permits. The Bałtyk offshore wind farms are one of the largest infrastructure projects in Poland's history. The [...]

Baltic Industrial Group and CRIST shipyard from Gdynia have begun building a consortium that will offer, among other things, modern, fully equipped transformer stations for offshore wind power (OWE). The partners also want to cooperate in other areas of the offshore industry and in the shipbuilding sector. The companies' cooperation will create an efficient supply [...]

During a meeting with the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin (PUM), a global leader in offshore wind energy Ørsted pledged substantive support for the creation of a new postgraduate course on Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) in the Offshore Sector. With over 30 years of experience in offshore investment development, Ørsted has developed world-class occupational [...]

PGE Baltica, a PGE Group company, has signed a framework agreement with ‘PROJMORS’ Biuro Projektów Budownictwa Morskiego sp. z o.o. for technical consultancy in connection with the implementation of offshore wind energy investments in port areas. The scope of work includes technical consultancy in the implementation of offshore wind projects in the port infrastructure, including, [...]

Baltic Industrial Group (GP Baltic) and the City of Rumia have established cooperation. On 24 July 2024, a Letter of Intent was signed by the President of GP Baltic Adam Kowalski and the Mayor of Rumia Michał Pasieczny. The cooperation is the result of, among other things, a study visit by Miłosz Motyka, Undersecretary of [...]

Intensive construction work is underway on the service base for Baltic Power's future offshore wind farms. ERBUD is responsible for the work. The company boasted photos of the construction site on LinkedIn. From 2026, the base will service 76 turbines that will make up the first Baltic Power wind farm. The amount of energy they [...]