Equinor and Polenergia begin offshore foundation installation at Bałtyk 2 and 3 wind farms
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Summary
Equinor and Polenergia have begun installing the first offshore wind foundations at the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 projects in the Baltic Sea. Heerema Marine Contractors' heavy-lift vessel Thialf is performing the installation, lifting steel monopiles measuring 50-70 meters in length from a transport vessel and lowering them vertically into the seabed. This marks the start of the offshore installation campaign for these Polish offshore wind farms.
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Heerema Marine Contractors' heavy-lift vessel Thialf is carrying out the installation work at the project sites.
The steel monopiles, measuring around 50 to 70 metres in length, are raised into a vertical position before being lowered into the seabed using a specialised process.
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