Monopals in. Baltic Power is getting closer to energy production

The installation of all 78 monopals was completed at Poland's first offshore wind farm. More than 20 ships and 500 crew members and employees of companies implementing the investment were involved in the work at the naval construction site. The Baltic Power project, jointly implemented by the Orlen Group and Northland Power, enters the next stage.

Completed installation of 78 foundations

At the sea construction site, an installation campaign was completed for all 78 monopals, which are the foundations of future wind turbines. It is the first such extensive offshore project in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea, carried out on this scale and using international technical facilities.

More than 20 vessels and about 500 crew members and contractors representatives were involved in the operation. Work was carried out in a demanding marine environment, where operational precision and close coordination of actions were crucial.

As Ireneusz Fąfara, President of the Management Board of the Orlen Group stressed, the construction of a offshore wind farm is a huge logistical challenge which has not been implemented in Poland so far. The crews performed ground-breaking operations ranging from 1,3,000 to 17,000 tons and up to 100 metres in length.

Operation requiring a specialised fleet

The monopal installation was carried out using sea-based installation vessels equipped with high load capacity cranes (HLV) and jack-up units. These operations supported supply ships, tugboats, CTV crew transport units, as well as surveillance and research units conducting surveillance and monitoring of the marine environment.

The installation area was secured with a double underwater air curtain. This solution reduces noise and vibration emissions generated during smoking, which is important for the protection of the marine environment.

Christine Healy, president and CEO of Northland Power, pointed out that the safe and precise settlement of all foundations confirms the team's competence in implementing large-scale projects on the construction of offshore wind farms. The completion of this phase is an important milestone for the whole project.

80 ships and 4.5 thousand people in the installation campaign

Since the start of the installation campaign, about 80 different types of vessels have been mobilised. A total of more than 4.5 thousand crew members, contractor specialists and investor representatives worked on their decks.

Each day, about 130 km2 operate on average 20 ships. These activities are coordinated by the Baltic Power Maritime Coordination Centre in Łebie, which is responsible for safety and liquidity oversight of the work.

The entire installation campaign is planned to be completed in the second half of 2026. The farm is then to achieve its readiness to transfer energy to the national electricity system.

Another phase of offshore wind energy in the Polish part of the Baltic

The Baltic Power project opens a new stage in the development of Polish offshore energy. The scale of the forces involved, the number of units and the complexity of operations show that the construction of offshore wind farms is becoming a logistically comparable undertaking with the largest infrastructure projects on land.

The year 2026 is to bring not only the launch of the first Polish offshore wind farm, but also a practical test for national structures responsible for the security and supervision of energy infrastructure in the Baltic.