Seabed clearance has commenced for the Baltica 2 offshore wind project, a joint venture between PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Denmark’s Ørsted, marking a key step in one of Poland’s largest planned renewable energy developments.
The Dutch heavy-lift vessel BOKA Falcon, operated by Boskalis, has arrived in the Baltic Sea to carry out preparatory work along the wind farm’s planned cable routes. The vessel is equipped with two specialised subsea ploughs, named T-Rex and Megalodon.
According to the developers, T-Rex will be used to remove several dozen large boulders from the wind farm area, while Megalodon will excavate precision trenches for the installation of electrical cables.
The seabed preparation is in advance of the laying of approximately 300 kilometres of export cables and 170 kilometres of inter-array cables, scheduled for 2026.
Once operational, Baltica 2 will comprise 107 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 1.5 gigawatts (GW), expected to supply electricity to the equivalent of around 2.5 million households.
The project forms part of Poland’s wider strategy to expand offshore wind capacity in the Baltic Sea as it transitions away from coal and toward cleaner sources of energy.
