A PGE and Orsted joint venture has signed contracts with Navantia-Windar and Orient Cable (NBO) for delivery of foundations and array cables for the 1500MW Baltica 2 project.
Navantia-Windar will supply monopile foundations, the largest exceeding 100m and weighing over 2000 tonnes, while NBO will deliver 170km of 66kV subsea array cables that will connect the wind turbines to the offshore substations.
In April, PGE and Orsted reached an important milestone for the offshore wind farm by signing the project’s first major component contract with wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa.
The next step in June was contracting the offshore substations.
Subject to final investment decisions, Orsted and PGE Baltica expect to complete the construction of Baltica 2 by the end of 2027, while Baltica 3 (1000MW) is expected to be fully operational no later than by the end of 2029.
With a joint capacity of 2.5GW, the Baltica 2 and Baltica 3 will create the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm.
“By signing contracts for the wind turbine generators for Baltica 2 earlier in April, we have started a series of agreements that are crucial for the development of the project,” said president of the management board of PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna Wojciech Dąbrowski.
“Securing components for Baltica 2 will allow us to continue with next phases of the project development. Our planned actions consistently bring us closer to achieving the strategic goal of the PGE Group which is developing of 2.5 GW in offshore wind capacity by 2030.”
Managing director for Orsted Offshore Poland Agata Staniewska added: “Orsted has 30 years of experience developing, sourcing, constructing and operating offshore wind farms, and together with PGE we’re committed to delivering offshore wind energy to Poland at large scale. By signing another two strategic component contracts for Baltica 2, we’re step by step moving forward with this landmark project that will be pioneering offshore wind in Poland.”