Equinor and Polenergia have signed another important contract for the offshore wind farms Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3. The contract is for seabed protection in the form of stone surcharges and was concluded with the Dutch company Van Oord. The Bałtyk offshore wind farms are one of the largest infrastructure projects in the history of Poland.
– Implementation of the contract will secure the foundations of wind turbines, offshore transformer stations and the routes of internal cables and those connecting the Bałtyk 2 and 3 wind farms to the Polish offshore grid. This will protect the underwater infrastructure from erosion processes and is intended to prevent damage to the cables – says Michał Jerzy Kołodziejczyk, President of the Management Board of Equinor Polska.
The signed contract regulates the procurement, transport and execution of the seabed protection, consisting of the precise placement of stone surcharges to protect cables and foundations.
– Every day and every contract brings us closer to realising offshore projects in the Baltic Sea. The just signed contract will ensure that important elements of the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms will be secured on the seabed so that energy can flow to more than 2 million households. We are yet to make a final investment decision for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 projects. This will give us the green light to start the construction – says Adam Purwin, President of the Management Board of Polenergia S.A.
Equinor and Polenergia are developing three offshore wind farm projects in the Baltic Sea with a total capacity of up to 3 GW, which will be able to power 4 million households in Poland with green energy. The first phase of development is to include the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 projects, comprising 100 turbines with a capacity of 14.4 MW each. The first energy from them is expected to flow into the grid in 2027, with the commercial phase of use starting in 2028.
Source: Equinor
