ORLEN has teamed up with 13 energy companies and organisations from Northern and Central Europe to launch the Baltic Energy Initiative, a new cross-border partnership aimed at strengthening energy security, accelerating investment and boosting the region’s competitiveness.

 

The initiative brings together companies from Poland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Norway to develop projects spanning offshore wind, LNG and bioLNG, hydrogen, carbon capture and storage (CCS), nuclear power and small modular reactors (SMRs).

 

“The challenges facing the energy sector are too great to be addressed by individual countries or companies acting alone. The Baltic Energy Initiative will allow us not only to take part in major energy transition projects, but also to influence their direction. 

 

"By bringing together the expertise, infrastructure and investment capabilities of European companies, we can strengthen energy security, make better use of available funding, and enhance the competitiveness of the Baltic Sea region,” said Ireneusz Fąfara, CEO and President of the Management Board of ORLEN.

 

The 14 signatories are ORLEN, Eesti Energia, Enefit, Fortum, KN Energies, DNV Energy Systems, Topsoe, Siemens Energy, Adven, Steady Energy, P2X Solutions, Latvenergo, Gasgrid Finland and Orsted.

 

The alliance will act as a platform for pooling expertise, sharing experience and developing projects with cross-border potential. Its priorities include expanding offshore wind, integrating regional LNG and bioLNG markets, building a regional hydrogen market, developing carbon transport and storage infrastructure, and advancing SMR projects.

 

The partners also plan to jointly pursue funding from European Union programmes and other international sources, potentially giving major regional energy projects greater access to capital.

 

For ORLEN, the partnership provides a route to build alliances around projects central to its energy transition while helping shape solutions with wider regional impact. Cooperation could accelerate cross-border projects, improve knowledge sharing and support common recommendations on regulation and investment incentives.

 

The focus closely aligns with areas where ORLEN is expanding its own capabilities and assets, including offshore wind, LNG, hydrogen, CCS and nuclear energy.

 

Energy infrastructure resilience will be another major pillar of the initiative. The partners will share expertise on critical infrastructure protection, cyber security, emergency preparedness and responses to physical and hybrid threats. They will also assess projects designed to strengthen the resilience of energy networks and identify potential financing sources.

 

The alliance is also intended to give the Baltic Sea region a stronger collective voice in Brussels and other European policy discussions. By developing common positions on regulation, investment and support mechanisms, the partners aim to make the region’s priorities harder to overlook.

 

With energy security, infrastructure resilience and the transition to lower-carbon energy increasingly intertwined, the Baltic Energy Initiative is positioning the Baltic Sea region as a major platform for cross-border energy investment and cooperation.