The “transition” part of the energy transition is beginning to show a more defined shape with each passing day as witnessed in a week behind us that was filled with announcements favoring the net-zero future coming from governments and all the way to private offshore energy companies. Industry major
OW Ocean Winds Polska has announced that the company started geophysical and geotechnical surveys for its BC-Wind offshore wind farm in Poland. The surveys are being carried out by the British company Gardline Limited and they are planned to be completed in the third quarter of this year. OW Ocean W
An international tender for a pre-feasibility study for the Nordic-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor, a cross-border hydrogen project being developed by six European Union (EU) countries, has been launched. Lithuanian gas transmission system operator (TSOs) Amber Grid launched the tender on behalf of its pro
The European Commission (EC) has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €158 million Polish measure to support LOTOS Green H2, a special purpose vehicle ultimately owned by PKN Orlen SA, in the production of renewable hydrogen to be used in the refinery production processes. The LOTOS’s Green H2 proj
Poland’s natural gas transmission system operator GAZ-SYSTEM has completed a non-binding market research procedure for the demand for additional regasification capacity of the FSRU terminal in the Gulf of Gdańsk. The operator collected information on the level of market interest in additional regasi
Equinor and Polenergia have completed geophysical and geotechnical surveys for the MFW Bałtyk II and MFW Bałtyk III offshore wind farms, located in the Polish Baltic Sea. The seabed surveys were carried out by a fleet of ten vessels owned by different contractors along a 1,000-kilometre section for
Polish and Ukrainian gas transmission system operators (TSOs) have discussed their future cooperation and issues related to natural gas transmission infrastructure in order to enhance energy security in the region. On 15 March, Poland’s GAZ-SYSTEM and the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine
Poland’s natural gas transmission system operator GAZ-SYSTEM has launched a non-binding market screening procedure to identify the demand for additional regasification capacity of the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in the Gulf of Gdańsk area. Pursuant to the assumptions set out in t
GAZ-SYSTEM’s Terminal LNG in Świnoujście, Poland, has seen the first delivery of LNG by the Lech Kaczyński, the first LNG carrier built for exclusive use by ORLEN Group and named after former president Lech Kaczyński. The ship was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, and the ORLEN Group said it will u
Offshore Wind Consultants (OWC) has won a tender to provide support on the geotechnical detailed design investigation for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm (BAL02), located in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea. The contract was awarded by Elektrownia Wiatrowa Baltica 2 sp z o.o. OWC will act a
Lech Kaczyński, the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier built for exclusive use by ORLEN Group, has entered service and is on its way to deliver LNG from the US to Poland. PGNiG, an ORLEN Group company specialising in LNG trading, said in a social media update on 19 February that the LNG carri
GAZ-SYSTEM’s Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) programme has made significant progress with the FSRU onshore component now holding a complete set of location decisions for a gas pipeline in Poland. According to GAZ-SYSTEM, the governor of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Province has provided t
