Survey Other Start

In May 2026, ORLEN Neptun launched comprehensive marine environment survey works across the Baltic West offshore wind farm cluster (four licences on the Oder Bank, including Energa MFW 1 / area 14.E.1). The contract is performed by Polish marine-survey contractor MEWO S.A. using specialised survey vessels and an aircraft. Scope spans both inanimate-nature monitoring and extensive living-organism monitoring: fish abundance and species composition, seabird and migratory-bird movement and migration routes, marine-mammal activity, and benthic communities (clams, polychaetes, underwater vegetation). The campaign is run on an annual basis to capture seasonal variation and provide a full-year picture of baseline environmental conditions. The data feed into the Raport OOŚ (environmental impact report) due to be submitted by Energa MFW 1 Sp. z o.o. to RDOŚ Szczecin under the transboundary EIA procedure determined by the 24 July 2025 ruling. Quoted in the announcement is Marcin Sowiński, Baltic West Project Director, who frames the surveys as enabling preparation of the project's environmental impact assessment.