The ORLEN Group, in cooperation with Northland Power, has begun installing Europe’s largest offshore wind turbines in Polish waters in the Baltic Sea. The first of 76 turbines with a capacity of 15 MW has already been installed, marking a new phase in Poland’s energy transition. The Baltic Power project will be able to meet up to 3% of the country’s electricity demand when it becomes operational in 2026.
The turbines are manufactured by the Danish company Vestas, and several components, including parts of the nacelles and substation structures, are manufactured in Poland, including at the new Vestas factory in Szczecin. Each turbine will be able to supply electricity to a city with tens of thousands of households.
The Baltic Power turbines are up to 250 meters high, with blades 115 meters long, creating a rotor area equivalent to six football fields. Some of the towers are made from recycled steel – the first time this approach has been used in wind farm construction.
The project requires complex logistics and the synchronized work of up to 15 ships, including a 160-meter-long jack-up vessel with new 1,600-ton cranes. At the same time, monopiles and transition pieces are being installed, and preparations are underway for cable laying and substation installation in the fall. The O&M base in Leba, which will serve as the park’s operations center for 30 years, has been completed on land.
Baltic Power will be the first offshore wind farm to supply electricity to Poland and will serve as a model for the country’s future offshore wind projects with a total capacity of around 5.5 GW, which ORLEN plans to develop together with its partners.
Source: ORLEN, 07.07.2025.