Ørsted to launch major offshore wind tender in November

Offshore wind developer Ørsted plans to launch a major tender related to the development of two wind farms with a combined capacity of 2.5 GW this November.

Scheduled to launch between 1 and 21 November, the tender will cover the design, manufacture, delivery, termination, and testing of the export cable systems for two wind farms in the Polish Baltic Sea- Baltica 2 and Baltica 3.

Ørsted will use the Achilles UNCE qualification system for procurement.

Back in February, Ørsted and PGE signed an agreement to form a joint venture for the development, construction and operation of the Baltica 3 and Baltica 2 offshore wind projects, which were awarded Contracts for Difference (CfDs) by the Polish Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) two months later.

The Baltica 3 wind farm with an installed capacity of 1,045 MW will be commissioned in 2027, and the closing of financing for this investment is planned for 2023.

The Baltica 2 wind farm with a capacity of 1,498 MW will be commissioned in 2028, and the closing of financing for this investment is planned for 2024.

Ørsted has also recently signed a letter of intent with the Polish energy producer ZE PAK to jointly participate in the upcoming auction for seabed leases in Poland and the country’s Contract for Difference (CfD) tenders in 2025 and 2027.