Orlen Neptun III is an announced offshore wind farm project located on the Odra Bank (Ławica Odrzańska) in the Polish Baltic Sea, sited roughly off Świnoujście. The project corresponds to the regulatory plot 14.E.3 and is described in developer material as a ~1,200 MW phase on an area of about 12...
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On 6 May 2026 ORLEN Neptun reported that comprehensive marine environment surveys are being performed for the planned Baltic West offshore wind farm by Polish company MEWO, using specialised survey vessels and an aircraft. Baltic West comprises four licences on the Odra Bank (Ławica Odrzańska), including Area 14.E.3 corresponding to Orlen Neptun III. The campaign pays special attention to groups of organisms key to the marine ecosystem — fish, seabirds and migratory birds, marine mammals, and organisms associated with the seabed — and is carried out on an annual basis so as to capture natural seasonal variation. These surveys form an integral part of preparing the wind farm for construction and operations and will underpin environmental impact assessment and permitting work for the Baltic West cluster.
On 30 April 2026 ORLEN Neptun announced the launch of a 2D seismic survey campaign across the area of the future Baltic West offshore wind farm, to be carried out by Polish geoscience contractor Geofizyka Toruń. Baltic West comprises four licences on the Odra Bank (Ławica Odrzańska), including Area 14.E.3 corresponding to the Orlen Neptun III project. The scope of work covers the acquisition of approximately 3,000 kilometres of 2D seismic lines and is intended to investigate the geological structure of the sub-seabed to a depth of 100 metres. ORLEN said the surveys will take several months. The 2D seismic data will inform foundation design, cable routing and the wider permitting work for the Baltic West cluster, including Orlen Neptun III, which ORLEN expects to deliver its first energy from 2034 onwards.
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Area 14.E.3, Neptun III, Orlen Neptun III Offshore Wind Farm
On 22 January 2026, ORLEN Neptun signed a reservation agreement with the Kołobrzeg Seaport Authority to secure land in the Port of Kołobrzeg for development of a service port for the Baltic West offshore wind farm. Baltic West comprises four concessions in the Ławica Odrzańska area, including locations 14.E.3 and 14.E.4, which are held by ORLEN Neptun subsidiaries and correspond to the Orlen Neptun III and IV sites. The agreement strengthens existing cooperation and enables detailed analyses and pre‑project documentation for the planned service base, intended to support ORLEN Group’s next offshore wind farm under Poland’s second phase of offshore wind development. The Port of Kołobrzeg is described as the closest available port to the project location and therefore the optimal service location. The port already meets infrastructure expectations for servicing offshore wind farms with CTV vessels, so this reservation is a key late‑development milestone in establishing long‑term O&M logistics for Baltic West, including Orlen Neptun III.
On 22 January 2026, ORLEN Neptun signed a land reservation agreement with the Kołobrzeg Seaport Authority to prepare a dedicated service port for the Baltic West offshore wind project, which includes the Orlen Neptun III concession (14.E.3). The agreement reserves land within Kołobrzeg Seaport to enable development of an operations and maintenance base supporting Baltic West during construction and operation. The article notes that Baltic West comprises four concessions in the Ławica Odrzańska area, with 14.E.3 and 14.E.4 held by ORLEN Neptun subsidiaries. Establishing this service-port site is an early development step in securing long-term logistics and O&M infrastructure for Orlen Neptun III and the wider cluster.
ORLEN Neptun signed a reservation agreement with the Kołobrzeg Seaport Authority to secure land within the Port of Kołobrzeg for development of a service port to support the Baltic West offshore wind project. Baltic West comprises four concessions in the Ławica Odrzańska area, including locations 14.E.3 and 14.E.4 held by ORLEN Neptun subsidiaries, so the agreement underpins future operations for the Orlen Neptun III site (14.E.3) as part of the wider cluster. The reserved land will be used to prepare a dedicated service port for offshore wind activities, enabling detailed analyses and pre-project documentation and providing an optimally located base for crew transfer vessels and other O&M services close to the project area. This marks an initial supply-chain and infrastructure procurement milestone for Baltic West ahead of detailed studies and later construction.
On 22 January 2026, ORLEN Neptun signed a reservation agreement with the Kołobrzeg Seaport Authority for land within the Port of Kołobrzeg to prepare a service port for the Baltic West offshore wind project. Baltic West comprises four concessions on the Ławica Odrzańska (Odra Bank), including area 14.E.3 held by an ORLEN Neptun subsidiary developing the Orlen Neptun III offshore wind farm. The reserved land will be used to design and plan a dedicated operations and maintenance base supporting these western Baltic projects. The agreement enables detailed analyses and pre-project documentation for the service port, leveraging Kołobrzeg’s status as the closest suitable harbour to the Baltic West sites and its capability to handle CTV-based offshore wind service operations.
On 22 January 2026, ORLEN Neptun signed a reservation agreement with the Kołobrzeg Seaport Authority for land within the Port of Kołobrzeg to prepare a service port for the Baltic West offshore wind project. Baltic West comprises four concessions on the Ławica Odrzańska (Odra Bank), including area 14.E.3 held by an ORLEN Neptun subsidiary developing the Orlen Neptun III offshore wind farm. The reserved land will be used to design and plan a dedicated operations and maintenance base supporting these western Baltic projects. The agreement enables detailed analyses and pre-project documentation for the service port, leveraging Kołobrzeg’s status as the closest suitable harbour to the Baltic West sites and its capability to handle CTV-based offshore wind service operations.
ORLEN Neptun signed a reservation agreement with the Kołobrzeg Seaport Authority to secure land within the Port of Kołobrzeg for development of a service port to support the Baltic West offshore wind project. Baltic West comprises four concessions in the Ławica Odrzańska area, including locations 14.E.3 and 14.E.4 held by ORLEN Neptun subsidiaries, so the agreement underpins future operations for the Orlen Neptun III site (14.E.3) as part of the wider cluster. The reserved land will be used to prepare a dedicated service port for offshore wind activities, enabling detailed analyses and pre-project documentation and providing an optimally located base for crew transfer vessels and other O&M services close to the project area. This marks an initial supply-chain and infrastructure procurement milestone for Baltic West ahead of detailed studies and later construction.
On 24 July 2025, the Regional Director for Environmental Protection in Szczecin (acting through Second Deputy Regional Director Andrzej Miluch) issued a ruling under case file WONS.420.16.2025.KK.3 determining that the Orlen Neptun III offshore wind farm project (area 14.E.3, 1204 MW, 125.89 km²) shall be subject to a transboundary environmental impact assessment under Article 108 of the EIA Act 2008. The ruling identifies Denmark, Germany and Sweden as the affected neighbouring states (project lies in the immediate vicinity of the Danish EEZ border, ~17.5 km from the German EEZ border, and ~113.5 km from the Swedish EEZ border) and directs the applicant to prepare the EIA documentation — including the part of the Raport OOŚ that enables assessment of significant transboundary impact — in English and German, pursuant to the 10 October 2018 Neuhardenberg agreement between Poland and Germany on transboundary EIA. The procedure is administered jointly with GDOŚ (Generalna Dyrekcja Ochrony Środowiska), which leads cross-border consultation under the Espoo Convention. This is the first substantive regulatory determination on the project following the 27 June 2025 DŚU application; parallel rulings of the same date were issued for sibling Baltic West lots 14.E.1, 14.E.2 and 14.E.4.
On 27 June 2025, Orlen Neptun III Sp. z o.o. (acting through its representative Mr Marek Budniak) submitted to the Regional Director for Environmental Protection in Szczecin (RDOŚ Szczecin) an application for a decision on environmental conditions (DŚU) for the Offshore Wind Farm in area 14.E.3, together with the necessary infrastructure. The submission packaged a Karta Informacyjna Przedsięwzięcia (KIP / project information sheet, document MEWO-25015-KIP_14.E.3 Rev. 2, dated 9 June 2025), a map of the planned area and zone of impact, a power of attorney and proof of stamp-duty payments. The application also requested that RDOŚ Szczecin determine the scope of the Raport OOŚ (environmental impact report). Formal supplements were filed on 15, 16 and 23 July 2025 in response to RDOŚ's request of 3 July 2025 (case file WONS.420.16.2025.KK). The project as described in the KIP comprises an OWF with maximum installed capacity 1204 MW, up to 80 wind turbines (max height 350 m, max rotor diameter 310 m), up to 2 offshore power stations, on a 125.89 km² licence area located approximately 38 km off the West Pomeranian coast (municipalities of Trzebiatów and Rewal). This is filed as a sibling application to the parallel Energa MFW 1, Energa MFW 2, and Orlen Neptun IV submissions of the same date.
On 10 June 2025, ORLEN Neptun (part of the ORLEN Group) officially launched the Świnoujście Offshore Terminal — Poland's first dedicated offshore-wind installation and marshalling port. The terminal is shared port infrastructure intended to serve the ORLEN offshore portfolio: currently used by Baltic Power (installation campaign in progress) and planned to serve the Baltic West cluster (incl. this project's licence on the Odra Bank) when those projects reach their preassembly phase. Recorded on this project as a cluster-port infrastructure milestone, not as project-specific preassembly site readiness — the terminal opening is part of the broader development context, not a construction milestone for this lot. — original event description (preserved verbatim) — On 10 June 2025, ORLEN Neptun, part of the ORLEN Group, officially launched the Świnoujście Offshore Terminal, marking it ready as a preassembly and installation base for offshore wind projects. The terminal, designed to handle the largest jack‑up and heavy‑lift vessels and to support the unloading, storage and loading of monopiles, towers, blades, nacelles and substation topsides, is Poland’s first dedicated offshore wind installation port. ORLEN states that the facility was developed to support its Phase II offshore wind portfolio, for which five licences totalling 5.2 GW were awarded in 2023, including four concessions in the Ławica Odrzańska/Odra Bank area (14.E.1–14.E.4). Area 14.E.3 is the Orlen Neptun III project within the Baltic West cluster, so this terminal will serve as the main preassembly hub for Orlen Neptun III and the other Baltic West lots when their construction campaigns begin.
The seabed lease (location permit / PSzW) for the Baltic West sites, including Area 14.E.3 (Orlen Neptun III), was executed on the basis of a Ministry of Infrastructure decision issued in October 2023. ORLEN Neptun explains that the Baltic East project "is developed on the basis of the decision of the Ministry of Infrastructure from October 2023, which granted five new seabed licenses for offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea with a total capacity of approximately 5.2 GW." A separate corporate overview confirms that these five new locations comprise four sites on the Odra Bank (14.E.1–14.E.4) and that all four 14.E areas "have already obtained the location permit (PSzW) and terms of connection." For Orlen Neptun III, this decision establishes the core seabed development rights on the Odra Bank near Świnoujście, enabling further permitting, studies, and auction preparation toward an anticipated COD after 2034.
In October 2023, the Polish Ministry of Infrastructure issued a decision granting five new seabed location licences (PSzW) for offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, with a total capacity of about 5.2 GW. This decision awarded ORLEN Group location permits for four sites on the Odra Bank, including area 14.E.3 where the Orlen Neptun III offshore wind farm (approx. 125 km², ~1,200 MW) will be developed, securing seabed rights to construct and use artificial islands, structures, and equipment and enabling further permitting and participation in Poland’s offshore wind support scheme.
On 30 May 2023, Poland’s Ministry of Infrastructure published the results of six competitive adjudication proceedings for new Phase II offshore wind areas in the Baltic Sea. In the outcome, Orlen Neptun III placed first for maritime area 14.E.3 on the Odra Bank, meaning the project’s special purpose vehicle secured the right to develop this site ahead of other bidders. This ranking decision constitutes the Phase II award of the seabed location to Orlen Neptun III, preceding the formal execution of the PSzW siting permit and enabling detailed development of the Orlen Neptun III (Area 14.E.3) offshore wind farm as part of the Baltic West cluster.
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