Wind Energy – Baltic East
Polish energy major Orlen has hired three local companies to examine the geological conditions of the Baltic Sea bottom in the area of the Baltic East offshore wind farm concession.

The preparations for Orlen’s second offshore wind farm, Baltic East, of an estimated nearly 1 GW, are on schedule so that in a few years, further wind power will be included in the Polish energy system, Orlen Neptun CEO Janusz Bil said.
The geophysical survey specialists MEWO, Orlen Petrobaltic and Geofizyka Toruń will perform geological-engineering, seismic and laboratory tests for Orlen Neptun, the company responsible for the group’s offshore development. They are to assess the strength and stability of the ground and detect unexploded objects.
The tasks will be carried out using specialised vessels and their completion is planned for the end of this year. The planned area of the Baltic East wind farm is about 110 sq km, with seabed depth reaching between 25 metres and 40 metres below sea level.
The group has striven to maximally use the potential of Polish companies in its projects because this drives the economy and develops the domestic value chain, said Orlen CEO Ireneusz Fąfara, adding that the company aims this time to double the 20% local participation in their their first offshore project, the 1.2 GW Baltic Power.
Baltic East is a neighbouring project to Baltic Power, developed in collaboration with Canada’s Northland Power. It is the most advanced wind project in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea, with a launch scheduled for 2026.