Equinor and Polenergia have awarded Dutch company Visser & Smit Hanab a contract for horizontal directional drilling (HDD) in the landfall area for their Baltyk 2 and Baltyk 3 offshore wind projects.
The signed agreement is another contract bringing Equinor and Polenergia closer to the next stage of the projects – the start of construction.
Visser & Smit Hanab, within the signed contract, will perform four HDD and install four cable ducts to install export cables and bring power onshore. The company has extensive experience and has been specialized in trenchless technology and above- and underground pipeline and cable infrastructure for more than 150 years.
Bałtyk projects
The offshore wind farm projects Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 are being developed in the first phase of offshore wind energy development in Poland. The projects are located in the Polish exclusive economic zone of the Baltic Sea, between 22 and 37 kilometers from the coastline. The first energy from the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms is expected to flow into the grid as early as 2027, the commercial phase of their operation is planned from 2028.
In the next phase of offshore wind power development in Poland, Equinor and Polenergia are developing the Bałtyk 1 project, which will be 81 kilometers offshore. Bałtyk 1, with a capacity of up to 1560 MW, is the project of the largest wind farm in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea, which is being prepared for auction in 2025. Source: Equinor
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