Føn Energy Services Poland has signed a multi-million euro long-term agreement with the joint venture between Orlen Group and Northland Power to provide integrated operation and maintenance services for the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea.
Under the agreement, Føn Energy Services will provide a Balance of Plant (BoP) operation and maintenance program covering all subsea assets at the offshore wind farm, including foundations and cables. The multi-year contract, which includes extension options, also includes environmental monitoring activities focused on marine growth and animal habitats.
The scope includes inspection and corrective maintenance services, project management and planning, ship chartering and management, logistics, engineering and procurement. Føn said it would work with local Polish suppliers in providing the services.
“This contract reflects our ability to provide integrated services for complex energy projects and represents an important step in consolidating our presence in the Polish market.” He said Cinder RichCEO of Føn Energy Services.
The Baltic Sea offshore wind farm, scheduled to become operational in late 2026, is currently under construction 23 kilometers off the coast of the municipality of Chuczew.
The wind farm will include 76 Vestas V236-15.0 MW wind turbines and two offshore substations, all mounted on monolithic foundations. The project’s two substations will be installed in 2025 The foundations for the wind turbines were completed at the beginning of this year.
Wind turbine installation is also underway, which began in July 2025 Almost finished.
“Creating a supply chain for the O&M phase of Baltic Power has no precedence in the Polish energy sector. With the establishment of the O&M base in Lipa, we are creating large-scale logistics and maintenance facilities as well as new jobs.”“, He said Maciej StrijkiCEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Baltic Energy.
“We have signed the first contracts for specialized maintenance services and inspections of underwater infrastructure, geophysical surveys, and maintenance of offshore and onshore substations. Even at this early stage of Baltic Power’s operations, a number of Polish companies and research centers will be involved in these tasks – this represents a valuable boost to the development of local content in offshore wind energy and an incentive for more companies to grow in this sector.”
For Vaughn, the Baltic Power contract is the latest in a series of operation and maintenance agreements the company has signed for offshore wind farms in the North Sea and Baltic Sea since then. decided In 2022. The company is owned by Norwegian industrial group IKM, DISA International, and Akastor, the Oslo-listed industrial investment firm within the Aker Group.
In May this year, Vaughn said it kicked off its busiest offshore wind season to date, with inspection and repair campaigns underway across 14 offshore wind farms in the Netherlands, Scotland, Germany and Poland.
last year, Føn signed a five-year framework agreement with Eneco for six offshore wind farms in the Netherlands, and also works for Vattenfall and Shell at Offshore Windpark Egmond aan Zee (OWEZ), the first offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.
In Scotland, Føn is entering the third operational year of its ocean wind inspection program at the Moray East and Moray West projects. The company said in May that it had also begun work on several projects in the German sectors of the North Sea and Baltic Sea.
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