“Undergoing preparatory works at sea is the final stage before the construction phase begins. The boulder relocation operation has a direct impact on the safety and efficiency of the subsequent stages – the installation of foundations and other underwater infrastructure elements. As the leader of the offshore part of the Baltica 2 project and a company that has built over 30 offshore wind farms around the world, we are very excited to be embarking on advanced work in the Baltic Sea,” said Ulrik Lange, Vice President and Managing Director of the Baltica 2 project, Ørsted.
“The Baltica 2 offshore wind farm project is now indeed ‘going offshore’. We have planned to install the foundations and other components in 2026 and 2027, and the boulder relocation campaign will allow us to actually start construction work at sea. We have to move about 10,000 objects of various sizes. Several dozen people from the ship’s crew are directly involved in the entire process, not counting its service, supervision by investors, and specialist teams that took part in reconnaissance of the bottom at the research stage,” commented Bartosz Fedurek CEO of PGE Baltica.
Clearing the site will enable the installation of scour protection and turbine foundations in 2026, as well as inter-array and export cables in 2027.
The contract with UTROV was signed in 2025. The equipment in use has a proven track record, having been deployed in similar seabed clearance operations across various offshore wind projects in Europe.
