Danish utility Orsted and ZE PAK, Poland’s largest private power company, have agreed to form a joint venture (JV) to bid into the upcoming contact for difference auctions being held for seabed leases in the Eastern European country’s swath of the Baltic Sea.

The pair aim to participate in tenders planned by Warsaw for 2025 and 2027, seen as key to Poland’s stated intention of having 11GW of sea-based wind operating by 2040.