Ørsted has completed 150 km of trenching for inter-array cables at the 1.5-gigawatt Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, marking a key seabed preparation milestone for the project.
The company said the vessel Boskalis’ BOKA Falcon carried out the initial trenching works to prepare cable routes connecting the wind turbines.
The next phase will focus on trenching approximately 260 km of export cable routes ahead of installation by the cable-laying vessels Ndurance and Boka Ocean, Ørsted said.
Ulrik Ankerstjerne Lange, vice president and managing director of Baltica 2 at Ørsted, said the completed works represent an important step in the offshore construction sequence.
“Completing works on the inter-array cable routes means we are closing a key stage of seabed preparation for the connections between turbines. The quality of trenching and corridor preparation directly affects installation safety and the protection of the cables once they are laid,” Lange said.
“We are now focusing on the next offshore work package, maintaining the pace and sequence of activities in line with the project schedule,” he added.
Baltica 2 is being developed by Ørsted in partnership with PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and is currently the largest offshore wind project under construction in Poland.
