General – Poland
In a move to expand their collaboration eastward, Europe’s largest offshore wind ports have welcomed Poland’s Port Szczecin to the Offshore Wind Port Alliance.
The alliance aims to optimise the deployment of offshore wind in order to achieve Europe’s very ambitious targets.
Offshore wind farms are an essential part of the green transition, but port capacity is in short supply, and that may present a challenge in terms of meeting the ambitions for the green agenda.
However, the group of key ports for offshore wind in northern Europe now welcomes a new partner, the Polish Port Szczecin, to the Offshore Wind Port Alliance, increasing its group of members from six to seven. Through close cooperation, the members of the alliance expect to provide additional capacity for building wind farms, because the ports can optimise their processes and coordinate the logistics value chain.
“Our goal is to optimise the deployment of offshore wind, and we are very pleased to welcome Port Szczecin as a member of our alliance. Szczecin is a forward-looking port where Vestas currently is building factory facilities. The port is developing an area for offshore wind and has high ambitions for wind in general. That makes them a perfect fit for the Offshore Wind Port Alliance,” says Dennis Jul Pedersen, CEO of Port Esbjerg, speaking on behalf of the Offshore Wind Port Alliance.
The offshore wind market is growing strongly in the Baltic region and the first large-scale wind farms are currently being erected in Poland.
