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Wind jobs in numbers: 180,000 offshore roles, a Pomeranian skills push and the Lindø layoffs
From 443,000 European wind jobs and 180,000 offshore roles to Germany's inland supply chain, Pomerania's training push and Vestas' cuts at Lindø: a roundup of what the employment figures mean for the Baltic.
F2E releases wake2e 4.0 with unified sectoral turbulence method for German onshore wind planning
Hamburg consultancy F2E has released wake2e 4.0, moving its onshore site suitability software to a single revised method for sectoral effective turbulence intensities aligned with current wake models.
Routing Energy and Vestas agree procurement partnership for smaller German onshore developers
Husum-based purchasing cooperative Routing Energy and Vestas have agreed a strategic partnership giving small and mid-sized German onshore developers access to Vestas turbines, including the EnVentus platform.
EnBW inaugurates 960 MW He Dreiht, Germany’s largest offshore wind farm, built without subsidy
EnBW, Allianz, AIP and Norges Bank Investment Management have inaugurated the 64-turbine He Dreiht wind farm in the German North Sea, the first commercial site for Vestas' 15 MW turbine and financed entirely through PPAs.
Former Deutsche Windtechnik chief Matthias Brandt to lead Saxovent Renewables from October
Matthias Brandt, CEO of Deutsche Windtechnik from 2005 to 2025, becomes managing director of the Berlin developer Saxovent Renewables as Thorsten Freise departs at the end of September.
Qualitas Energy rebrands German platform as Navaris with 3 GW pipeline and 1 GW tender target for 2027
The Berlin-based platform takes over Qualitas Energy's German portfolio, 200 staff and a 3 GW pipeline, with a focus on onshore wind development and repowering.
windpunx adds 287 MW in 2026 and now manages 2.85 GW of wind turbines across Europe
The Berlin operations manager has grown its portfolio by 287 MW since January, with 161 MW more under contract, and now runs technical operations for over 1,200 turbines.
Light:Guard pilot in Denmark shows turbine lights could stay off 97% of the night ahead of BNK law
A six-month trial at the Sønder Bork wind farm logged 98.7% availability and a theoretical lights-off share of 97.4%, as Denmark prepares to legalise demand-controlled aviation lighting.
Danish machining firm CNC Onsite opens Houston subsidiary to sell crane-free turbine repairs in the US
Vejle-based CNC Onsite has set up CNC Onsite Inc. in Houston to offer crane-free uptower yaw ring, shaft and blade root repairs to US wind farm operators, after a 74 per cent rise in gross profit in 2025.
Sweden’s wind politics in one picture: a tax cut everyone backs, permits that still take years, and a cable to Denmark on ice
Sweden's parties agree on a lower electricity tax and faster permits, the grid operator wants 8 TWh of new fossil-free power a year, yet the government has frozen the Konti-Skan cable to Denmark. An analysis of what the next government inherits.
Nordex wins 91 MW order from TEUT for 13-turbine Schönermark-Passow wind farm in Brandenburg
Nordex will supply 13 N163/6.X turbines and a 20-year service contract for TEUT Energieprojekte's 91 MW Schönermark-Passow wind farm in Brandenburg, with installation from September 2027 and first power in January 2028.
Ørsted chief Rasmus Errboe takes over as WindEurope chair, with Enel Green Power’s Bernabei as vice-chair
WindEurope has elected Ørsted CEO Rasmus Errboe as chair and Enel Green Power CEO Salvatore Bernabei as vice-chair for 18 months, in a year Europe is set to install a record 24 GW of wind.
Energiequelle commissions 4.26 MW Enercon turbine at Danna, densifying the Feldheim wind farm
Energiequelle has commissioned a 4.26 MW Enercon E-138 turbine at Danna in Brandenburg, densifying the Feldheim wind farm without designating new land.
Lithuania’s renewables build-out: how Ignitis, Klaipėda and a prosumer boom took the country towards 7 GW
A feature on the actors behind Lithuania's rise towards 7 GW of renewables: the Kelmė wind farm and EIB financing, Ignitis's pivot to grids and storage, Klaipėda's port expansion and a prosumer boom.
Who installs the Baltic’s turbines: the vessel fleet behind the build-out, from jack-ups to Poland’s first cable-layer
An explainer on the specialist ships that build Baltic offshore wind: jack-ups with 3,200-tonne cranes, Cadeler's EUR 2.7 billion backlog, heavy-lift newbuilds due in 2028, and Poland's plan for its first cable-laying vessel.
EIB lends EUR 100 million to turn Klaipėda into a NATO-ready port with offshore wind quays
A EUR 100 million EIB loan will adapt Klaipėda's cruise terminal for NATO vessels and fund shore power, green hydrogen and offshore wind quays in a EUR 201 million programme due by end-2027.
Nordex wins 34 MW repowering order in Hesse with N175/6.X turbines on 199-metre towers
Nordex will replace five 3 MW turbines at the Rauschenberg wind farm in Hesse with five 6.8 MW N175/6.X machines on 199-metre towers for developer EEF, with generation due from summer 2028.
Bałtyk 2 and 3, step by step: how Polenergia and Equinor’s offshore build went from rock on the seabed to first foundations
A tracker of the Bałtyk 2 and 3 offshore wind build: rock placement, first foundations, substation topsides, the onshore grid link and the milestones still ahead before first power in 2027.
Estonia and Latvia’s offshore wind is still on the drawing board: what ELWIND and Liivi have done, and what comes next
Estonia and Latvia have no offshore turbines yet, but the ELWIND and Liivi projects now have design contracts, a seal survey and a year of wind data. Here is where they stand and what comes next.
Skyborn closes €2.1bn financing for 976.5 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm in German Baltic
Skyborn Renewables and the EIB announced financial close on Gennaker, a 976.5 MW offshore wind farm off Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, with €2.1 billion of debt from 16 banks and the EIB. Commercial operation is targeted for the end of 2028.
How Poland’s offshore wind year began: Baltic Power, Baltica 2 and Baltic East in one sequence
A roundup of the early-2026 milestones across Poland's three offshore wind projects, from Baltic Power's fishermen compensation to Baltica 2's seabed works and Baltic East's auction price, with a look at what comes next.
wiwi consult wins 80 MW in German solar tender and shifts to wind-solar-storage hybrid projects
The Mainz developer won support for all three of its bids in the July PV tender, is building nine wind projects totalling 180 MW by 2027, and will plan every future project with battery storage.
From national to regional: how 2026 rewired cooperation around the North Sea and the Baltic
Four early-2026 forums, from the Hamburg North Sea Summit to a 47-region declaration in Stockholm, converged on cross-border offshore planning. A roundup of what they decided and what the Baltic can borrow.
600 industry representatives sail to German North Sea wind farms; Husum Wind and WAB commit to repeat excursion in 2028
Around 600 wind-sector representatives toured German North Sea wind farms aboard the FRS Halunder Jet on 31 August; Husum Wind and WAB now plan a repeat excursion in 2028.
Poland’s PLN 214 billion onshore wind plan, revisited: the assumptions behind the number
The industry strategy values Poland's onshore wind market at up to PLN 214 billion by 2040, but the figure rests on 1.5 to 2 GW of annual additions, a turbine supply chain still 75 per cent foreign, and a grid that already curtails 5 to 10 per cent of renewable output.
