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  • 18 November 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Baltic Power, the vehicle responsible for the construction of PKN ORLEN and Northland Power’s first offshore wind farm in Poland, is arranging another meeting for potential contractors interested in joining the supply chain for the project. PKN ORLEN and Northland Power are jointly developing the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm in the Polish […]

  • 12 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    Smulders and Haizea Bilbao have signed a Selected Supplier Agreement for the primary steel for the transition pieces (TPs) that the Belgian manufacturer will deliver for Poland’s 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm. Under the agreement, and subject to signing the final contract, Haizea Bilbao will manufacture the primary steel at its Bilbao facilities, […]

  • 25 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Northland Power and PKN Orlen have finalized their strategic partnership under which Northland Power is acquiring a 49% stake in the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind project in Poland. After fulfillment of the conditions precedent, including merger clearance, stipulated in the joint venture agreement signed in January, NP Baltic Wind B.V., a subsidiary of […]

  • 7 June 2023
    Business development, Industry

    A new report from Invest in Pomerania, a Polish investment promotion initiative in the Pomerania region, has been published with a focus on the region’s maritime sector and, within it, the region’s growing offshore wind industry and supply chain capabilities have taken centre stage. “When we decided that the subject of the next FOCUS ON […]

  • 27 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Industry

    JERA has completed the acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares of Parkwind NV from Belgium’s Virya Energy. The initial agreement between JERA Green, an affiliate of Japan’s JERA, and Virya Energy was signed in March this year. The transaction, which JERA said marks a significant milestone for the company and Parkwind and signals […]

  • 12 March 2021
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    The Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has approved the construction of offshore wind farms through joint ventures between foreign companies and Poland’s Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) and PKN Orlen. The authority issued two decisions on 12 March, one for each of the two Polish companies, approving this type of investment that includes […]

  • 9 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Baltic Power, a joint venture between Polish Orlen Group and Canadian Northland Power, has signed reservation agreements for the manufacture and installation of foundations and offshore substations (OSS) for their 1.2 GW offshore wind farm. Monopile foundations will be manufactured and delivered by German Steelwind Nordenham, while Belgium-based Smulders will be responsible for delivering transition […]

  • 6 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Baltic Power, a subsidiary of Polish energy company PKN Orlen, has appointed Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) as technical advisor for its 1.2 GW offshore wind development in the Baltic Sea. OWC will support PKN Orlen during the development of the project by the assurance of comprehensive technical advisory services. This includes the provision of technical information, […]

  • 6 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    DNV has been contracted to carry out project certification for the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland. The project, located some 23 kilometres off the Polish coastline where geotechnical surveys are about to begin, is being developed by PKN Orlen and the Canadian company Northland Power. “Bringing a technology to a new […]

  • 26 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    PKN Orlen and Northland Power have chosen to utilise Vestas 15 MW wind turbines on the 1.2 GW offshore wind farm the Polish-Canadian joint venture will build in Poland’s sector of the Baltic Sea. Vestas, which has been selected as the preferred supplier, will provide 76 of its V236-15.0 MW turbines for the Baltic Power […]

  • 1 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    MFW Bałtyk I, a company owned by Polenergia and Equinor, has signed an agreement with the Polish grid operator Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne (PSE) for the connection of the Bałtyk I offshore wind farm to the electricity distribution network. At the beginning of 2019, PSE specified the connection conditions for Bałtyk I, which allow the project […]

  • 13 October 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, R&D, Technology

    Vestas has announced plans to establish a new factory in Szczecin, Poland, which will assemble components for the company’s flagship offshore wind turbine, the V236-15.0 MW model. The factory will produce nacelles and hubs for Vestas’ flagship unit which was introduced by the firm in February last year. Vestas said that the new factory will […]

  • 23 July 2020
    Authorities, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    Polish energy company PKN Orlen has submitted an environmental report for its offshore wind project in the Baltic Sea. PKN Orlen, through its subsidiary Baltic Power, holds a license to build wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea with a maximum total capacity of up to 1,200 MW. The proposed area covers approximately 131 km2 […]

  • 16 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa and Poland’s Grupa Przemysłowa Baltic have signed a Letter of Intent to work together to further the Polish offshore wind power industry. The recently enacted Offshore Wind Act calls for the development of 5.9 GW of offshore wind capacity in the Polish Baltic Sea by 2030, and of up to […]

  • 10 January 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    Baltic Power, part of Orlen Group, is about to commence surveys to assess the environmental impacts and wind conditions within its offshore wind farm licence area in the Polish Baltic Sea. To that end, an agreement was signed with a consortium comprising MEWO S.A. and the Maritime Institute of Gdańsk, with a view to obtaining […]

  • 29 October 2019
    R&D, Wind Farm Update

    PKN Orlen has commenced geological surveys at its offshore wind farm license area in the Polish Baltic Sea. The vessel sailed from the port of Gdansk to carry out the surveys at the circa 131km2 area located some 23km from the coast which will accommodate up to 1.2GW of offshore wind. The collected soil samples will be […]

  • 3 December 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Polish energy company PKN ORLEN is holding an online meeting with potential supply chain companies for its offshore wind farm project in the Baltic Sea. PKN Orlen, through its subsidiary Baltic Power, holds a license to build wind farms with a maximum total capacity of up to 1,200 MW at a circa 131 km2 area […]

  • 12 July 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Industry

    Germany’s first dynamic bidding process, covering four offshore wind zones with a combined capacity of 7 GW, has generated EUR 12.6 billion in proceeds, according to the Federal Network Agency. The bidding period for the participation in the tenders for the four areas that were not centrally pre-examined ended on 1 June. The auction entered […]

  • 13 January 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Polish energy company PKN ORLEN has begun the selection process for a designer of an offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. As part of the procedure, a technical advisor will be selected to prepare a preliminary offshore wind farm project, construction design, productivity analysis, and ancillary analysis. The technical advisor is expected to be […]

  • 11 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    PGE Group and Orlen Group have signed a letter of intent (LoI) to cooperate on the development of offshore wind in Poland. Under the deal, the parties intend to exchange offshore wind know-how, prepare for investments in maritime infrastructure and supply logistics and assess the key parameters of the accessibility of Polish ports. Additionally, the […]

  • 27 July 2023
    Authorities, Floating Wind

    The Maine Legislature has passed a bill that would call for the state to procure 3 GW of offshore wind by 2040, which is now expected to be signed into law by Governor Janet Mills. The bill calls for Maine to procure 3 GW of offshore wind power generation by 2040, enough to power 900,000 […]

  • 30 April 2021
    Business & Finance

    Northland Power has awarded BLIX Consultancy with a framework agreement to assist with the development of its worldwide offshore wind portfolio. BLIX will provide tender support, feasibility studies, EIA expertise, LCOE optimization, owner’s engineering services, and contracting and procurement support. Under the agreement, the Netherlands-based company will also provide site data analysis, site investigation scoping […]

  • 27 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Poland’s Orlen Group plans to compete in an upcoming auction for the development of an offshore wind farm with a capacity of 700 MW in the Lithuanian part of the Baltic Sea. The auction for the developer of Lithuania’s first offshore wind farm is planned to be launched in the second half of 2023, with […]

  • 10 March 2022
    Authorities, Ports & Logistics

    Poland’s Council of Ministers has adopted a resolution changing the location of the installation terminal for offshore wind farms, from the previously planned Port of Gdynia to Port of Gdańsk. The resolution, adopted on 1 March, indicates the Outer Port in Gdańsk meets all the criteria of industry investors and can meet the development of […]

  • 10 March 2023
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders

    Norway-headquartered DNV has been authorised by the Polish Ministry of Infrastructure to issue certificates for offshore wind farms and assembly of power output equipment in Poland. The certification will be executed according to Polish law requirements, reflected in DNV’s Service Specification “Project certification of wind power plants”. “Bringing a technology to a new market with […]

  • 27 July 2021
    Business & Finance

    SSE Renewables and Acciona Energía have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a 50/50 joint venture to explore offshore wind opportunities in the Polish energy market. The two companies, which are already cooperating under the same agreement in Spain and Portugal, are aiming to develop offshore wind projects in Poland as the country […]