Danish offshore wind installation specialist Cadeler has signed a firm contract with Ocean Winds to transport and install 26 Siemens Gamesa offshore turbines rated at 14 MW for the BC-Wind project in the Baltic Sea.
Contract details
The contract value for Cadeler is estimated at EUR 49–58 million (USD 57.8–68.4 million). The firm agreement follows a vessel reservation deal signed between Cadeler and Ocean Winds in February 2025.
About the BC-Wind project
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📍 Location: 23 km off Poland’s coast, north of the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
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⚡ Total capacity after completion: 390 MW.
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👨👩👧👦 Enough clean power to supply nearly 500,000 Polish households.
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🛠 Installation: scheduled for 2028, expected to take around four months.
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⚓ Operations base: Port of Gdańsk.
Importance for Poland
BC-Wind will be Ocean Winds’ first project in Poland and will play a major role in the country’s ambitious offshore wind development and clean energy transition.
Other Cadeler projects in Poland
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Baltic Power — Poland’s first offshore wind farm.
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Baltica 2 (contract with Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna) — installation of 14 MW Siemens Gamesa turbines, with completion expected by late 2027.
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Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 (agreement with Equinor and Polenergia) — scheduled for launch in 2027.
Cadeler and Ocean Winds had previously collaborated on the Moray West offshore wind project in Scotland, but the BC-Wind deal marks their first direct contractual partnership in Poland.
