Van Oord secures offshore wind contract in Poland

Dutch marine construction firm Van Oord has secured work on the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in Poland.

Under its contract, Van Oord will transport and install 111 extended monopiles, of which 107 will serve as foundations for wind turbines and the other four as foundations for offshore substations.

The company will deploy its offshore installation vessel Aeolus as well as the heavylift installation unit Svanen and flexible fallpipe vessel Nordnes to carry out the project.

The 1.5 GW wind farm, located some 40 km offshore in the Polish area of the Baltic Sea is being developed by Ørsted and PGE. When built, it will supply renewable energy to about 2.4m households.