Equinor and Polenergia owned joint venture companies leading the development of the 1440MW Baltyk 2&3 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, have signed a capacity reservation and early works agreement with the consortium of Smulders Projects Belgium NV and Sif Netherlands BV, for the manufacturing of 100 transition pieces for both projects.
The sites are two separate projects with planned installed capacities of 720MW each (jointly 1.4GW).
The offshore wind farms will be installed in Polish exclusive economic zone of the Baltic Sea and are subject to Polish regulatory regime.
The sites are located approximately 37km (Baltyk 2) and 22km (Baltyk 3) off the Polish coast.
The scope of work for the consortium of Smulders and Sif consists of fabrication of the Transition Pieces including shop design, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning.
Within the consortium Sif will manufacture the approximately 30kton primary steel tubulars, including flanges, from their facility in Roermond, The Netherlands.
Smulders will perform the secondary steel scope, coating, electrical system and testing and commissioning. The secondary steel scope will be produced by the Polish facilities of Smulders.
Final assembly will take place at the yard in Hoboken, Belgium.