“It has been completed in the Lubiatów area works over the first of four wells under the seafront, beach and seabed, which was drilled without direct interference in valuable natural areas,” he said. Orlen. In a tunnel with a length of 1.4 km energy transmission cables with a diameter of 30 centimeters will be placed. This is the first connection of the Baltic Power wind farm to land.
Orlen announces success. “The first task of this type in Poland”
We have completed the first drilling and are conducting further drilling for undersea cables connecting offshore power stations with land.
– boasted Jarosław Broda, member of the management board of Baltic Power.
Orlen's management indicates that it was an extremely detailed and complicated undertaking. – In Europe, drilling across coastlines is usually shorter. However, for longer sections, the drilling diameter is usually smaller. In the case of Baltic Power, the work is in progress an engineering challenge, because the drilling is almost one and a half kilometers long. It runs under the dune, beach and seabed. It cannot be done only from one side, says Jens Poulsen, member of the management board of Baltic Power.
Some of the drilling work had to be carried out at sea, using teams of divers and a specialized drilling platform. “All works are carried out in such a way as to minimize their potential nuisance to residents and residents tourists and the environment,” Orlen assures. Places popular among tourists are open, despite ongoing works. However, the sand extracted during drilling is to be used to reconstruct the beach damaged by storms.
Baltic Power is expected to change the Polish energy sector
At the same time, work is underway on the construction of an onshore power station in Osieki Lęborskie, approximately 8 km away from the drilling site. Together with the cable connection, it will allow you to receive the energy generated by Baltic Power farm. It will cover 3%. Poland's energy demand. This will reduce national CO2 emissions by approximately 2.8 million tons per year.
“At the same time, it will be one of the first farms in the world with wind turbines with a capacity of 15 MW each, the towers of which will be largely made of steel produced using energy from renewable energy sources,” we read in message Orlen. The construction of the transformer station is over 40 percent advanced. The company plans to complete the work in the fourth quarter of 2025.