RWE Renewables, via its Polish subsidiary Baltic Trade & Invest, has recently signed a series of Letters of Intent with Polish companies from the maritime sector aimed at strengthening its offshore wind activity in the country.
Poland is one of the most attractive, emerging offshore markets in Europe.
RWE with F.E.W. Baltic II is currently developing an offshore wind project in the Polish Baltic Sea, which has a planned installed capacity of 350MW.
With this project RWE will contribute significantly to Poland’s green energy transition.
It will also further strengthen the local supply chain by intensifying the collaboration with LOTOS Petrobaltic (LOTOS), the Polish Ocean Lines (PLO) as well as with the Port of Gdynia Authority.
The recently agreed collaboration with LOTOS focuses on the technical exchange of experiences in the field of geotechnical surveys, installation and service vessels as well as subsea inspection and services, and potential use for RWE’s offshore projects in Poland.
The agreement with PLO puts the focus on service fleet capabilities, CO2 reduction and the training of crews in the area of offshore wind.
With the Port of Gdynia Authority, RWE plans to provide its experience and knowledge as an offshore wind developer across all technical areas to support the planning of offshore terminal realisation.
Poland is one of RWE’s strategic core markets in Europe.
The company already has a well-established onshore business in the country with a total installed capacity of approximately 370MW (pro rata view) already in operation
It also has further onshore projects under construction and in development.
In addition, RWE is continuously diversifying its renewables portfolio in Poland by investing in solar projects.
As one of the world´s leading renewable energy companies, RWE targets to invest from 2020 until 2022 €5bn net in renewable energy and to grow its global renewables portfolio to more than 13GW of net capacity.