Major offshore construction work has started on the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm, developed by Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, as Van Oord has installed the first monopile foundations at the project site in the Polish Baltic Sea.
The offshore installation campaign, for which Van Oord is using its vessels Aeolus and Svanen , will see a total of 111 monopiles installed: 107 for wind turbines and four for offshore substations. The work will be underway until the fourth quarter of 2026.