Orlen SA stated Tuesday the Regional Directorate for Environmental Safety (RDOS) in Gdansk had issued a call permitting the proposed Baltic East wind venture, which has a deliberate capability of about one gigawatt (GW), to affix Poland’s first offshore wind public sale, scheduled subsequent month.
Baltic East, the state-backed firm’s second offshore wind venture, is proposed to rise on a 110-square-kilometer (42.47 sq. miles) web site round 22.5 kilometers (13.98 miles) off Poland’s Baltic coast and adjoining to Baltic Energy. Orlen goals to attach Baltic East to the grid by 2032.
In the meantime the under-construction Baltic Energy, Orlen’s first offshore wind venture with an preliminary capability of practically 1.2 GW, is focused for startup 2026.
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“The RDOS determination covers generators, foundations, offshore substations and inter-array cables”, Orlen stated in an internet assertion Tuesday. “A choice for the grid connection infrastructure is being sought via a separate environmental process.
“Baltic East already holds a siting determination, a call on the preliminary grid connection circumstances for the transmission system and a allow to put and keep cables inside inside sea waters and the territorial sea.
“Design and engineering work has additionally begun to arrange the documentation required for constructing allow purposes.
“Previous to receiving the choice, a dozen Polish firms carried out complete environmental research and analyses commissioned by the Orlen Group. Their findings confirmed that the technical and organizational options proposed for Baltic East will successfully restrict the venture’s environmental affect. These embody, amongst different measures, a hall enabling migratory birds to fly throughout the offshore wind farm space and applicable measures to guard the marine atmosphere from underwater noise”.
On the public sale scheduled December 17, as much as 4 GW of capability shall be supplied, as introduced by Poland’s Power Regulatory Workplace July 2.
“Participation within the public sale marks a key stage for Baltic East, which is now getting into a decisive part of growth – from finalizing the allowing to taking the ultimate funding determination and commencing development work”, Orlen stated Tuesday.
“The venture envisages in depth use of native content material by participating Polish firms in element provides in addition to logistics and repair provision, which is able to strengthen the home worth chain and, in the end, the broader financial system”.
Orlen president Ireneusz Fafara stated, “Our ambition is for Polish firms to account for as a lot as half of the venture’s worth over the farm’s total lifecycle”.
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