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PKN Orlen issues call for geotechnical experts

By: Tom Russell 06/03/2020 PKN Orlen

General Windfarms

PKN Orlen has opened a pre-qualification for geotechnical surveys for the Baltic Power offshore wind farm in order to inform detailed technical design. The survey area covers approximately 131 km2 south-east of Słupsk Sandbank and north of Stilo Sandbank in the Polish Baltic Sea.

The detailed scope of the main geotechnical survey includes 60-90 boreholes and CPTU tests as well as further work such as UXO surveys, laboratory tests, documentation and ground modelling. This is to be executed February 2021-December 2021. The deadline to prequalify for the tender is 24th March.

PKN Orlen has also started proceedings for tendering for preliminary technical design of the wind farm in January. The company intends to submit an application for the project's environmental permits in 2020. The wind farm has an overall capacity of 1.2 GW.

Although there are currently no offshore wind farms operating in Poland, over 5 GW is planned to be underway by 2030. Furthermore, a number of developers have recently positioned themselves in the Polish offshore wind market.

In December, Equinor completed the acquisition of a 50% interest in the Bałtyk I offshore wind development project off the coast of Poland. The company now has an interest in three Bałtyk offshore wind development projects, Bałtyk III, Bałtyk II and Bałtyk I, alongside Polish energy group Polenergia.

RWE Renewables has acquired a pipeline of up to four offshore wind projects in around the Slupsk bank area in the central Polish Baltic Sea. The projects have a total combined capacity of more than 1.5 GW, and are each in different development stages.

PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. and Ørsted recently commenced discussions regarding the sale of a 50% stake in two offshore wind farm projects in the Baltic Sea, with a total capacity of up to 2.5 GW. The talks also concern the cooperation terms for their development.

Furthermore, the Polish government announced earlier this year that it has opted to proceed via a two stage Contract for Difference (CfD) model which is similar to that used in the UK with the first to take place from 2020-2022.

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