As of 4 April 2022, the Danish Energy Agency (Energistyrelsen) has received 47 applications within the framework of the so-called open-door program. 16 of them were rejected due to overlap with state land reservations. The agency has received a number of applications for very large projects (capacity of more than [...]
Denmark and Germany have agreed to complete the planned Bornholm Energy Island, after Ministers Habeck and Jørgensen gave the green light for it to be annexed to their countries. Once established in 2030, the Energy Island will be the first of its kind that can supply 3.3 to 4.5 million [...]
The key to increasing the amount of German offshore wind power capacity lies in a compromise approach to land use. This is the main conclusion of an analysis prepared by the Fraunhofer IWES research institute on behalf of the Federal Association of Offshore Wind Farm Operators (BWO) and the German [...]
The Baltic Windustry 2022 conference, organized by the Center for Offshore Wind Energy at Gdansk University of Technology together with the Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA), will be held in Gdansk on September 8, 2022. […]
On 30 August 2022 the Heads of Governments and Energy Ministers of the 8 countries around the Baltic Sea signed the Marienborg Declaration. They committed to new volumes for the build-out of offshore wind in the Baltic Sea and agreed to cooperate more closely on it and on energy more [...]
OX2 sells stake in its first offshore wind projects in Sweden and updates 2022 earnings forecasts for INGKA Investments, the company owned by the largest owner and operator of the IKEA store chain, is acquiring a 49% stake in three projects. […]
Offshore wind energy is setting one of the key development directions in the energy sector. Poland should take advantage of the excellent conditions of the Baltic Sea for the development of OWF. This new branch of the economy will provide access to cheap, clean energy and strengthen the competitiveness of [...]
The Commission is analysing the regulation adopted by Poland on 27 November 2021. The Commission is in particular, assessing the compliance with Articles 15(1) and 4(4) of the Renewable Energy Directive (REDII) as well as Articles 3(4) and 8(1) of the Electricity Directive. […]
More than 18,000 residents and tourists, spending their vacations at the Polish seaside, visited the educational zone organized by the PGE Foundation – “PGE BEACH – KNOW THE POWER OF THE BALTIC WIND”. […]
Ørsted is extending its goal of using 100% renewable electricity to its product or service suppliers as well. The company expects it to be met by 2025 at the latest. […]
Focus on Local Industry Creation in Offshore wind sector: Business Case of the first Offshore Wind Farm in France […]
The war in Ukraine has also affected the wind energy sector. In recent years, Ukraine has made significant progress in the development of wind power, making it one of the European leaders of the RES sector. Many ambitious plans have to be postponed by the industry, but they are not [...]
The outbreak of war in Ukraine has also affected the energy sector, including the wind industry. Russian hostilities are frequently targeting critical infrastructure, including wind installations. Poland is supporting Ukraine and their wind industry. A special platform called Work4Wind has recently been launched to help Ukrainian wind workers find jobs [...]
The Polish company of the global consulting, engineering and design group Ramboll originating from Denmark, together with the Polish design office Projmors, will prepare a construction project for both stages of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm, i.e. Baltica 2 and Baltica 3, implemented jointly by Ørsted and PGE Group. The [...]
The Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI), WindEurope and the Offshore Coalition for Energy and Nature (OCEaN) will hold a conference in Brussels on October 19. The meeting will discuss challenges and possible solutions to accelerate the deployment of offshore energy infrastructure while restoring European marine ecosystems. […]
BalticWind.EU Country Report POLAND / Q2 2022 Dear Readers, I am pleased to present you with another in a series of quarterly reports summarizing the Polish offshore wind energy market. In the shadow of offshore wind energy topics in the Baltic countries, the Russian war in Ukraine is [...]
RWE has selected UL Solutions to certify the design premises of the F.E.W. Baltic II wind farm. The certification will be conducted in accordance with global standards and in consultation with the Polish Register of Shipping (PRS), an independent and recognized appraisal institution. As the second largest player in the [...]
On the 20th of May 2022 DNV hosted a Technical Seminar on Electrical Systems for Offshore Wind. BalticWind.EU was a media partner of the event, which was held in a hybrid format in Gdynia. The overarching topic of the seminar is crucial from the perspective of offshore wind development, as [...]
The Iberdrola group continues to make progress in the construction of the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm, the second major site of this technology that the company is developing in the Baltic Sea (Germany). […]
Over the last few months the Swedish Government has made important announcements on offshore wind. Sweden does not yet use the full offshore wind potential its large coastlines offer. But they want to make up the lost ground. And the wind industry is lining up impressive gigawatt-scale projects in Swedish [...]
On the 4th of August, the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection received an application for the establishment of a joint venture between POLENERGIA S.A., based in Warsaw, and Modus Energy AB, based in Vilnius, Lithuania. […]
The following text is published courtesy of the author Benjamin Wehrmann and the Clean Energy Wire website. Author: Benjamin Wehrmann, Clean Energy Wire Offshore wind power has been the last of several renewable power technologies rolled out at a large scale in Germany’s energy transition but has shown its ability [...]
On the 4th of August, the government of the Republic of Estonia decided to initiate a national designated spatial plan for building the electricity connection to the Gulf of Riga, so that the offshore wind farm of AS Eesti Energia can be connected to the main grid on land. “One of the main tasks [...]
BalticWind.EU Country Report LITHUANIA / Q2 2022 Dear Readers, It is my pleasure to present to you the next in a series of quarterly reports summarising the Lithuanian offshore wind energy market. In the passing quarter, energy topics were dominated by the Russian-induced war in Ukraine. Since the [...]
Two of the biggest global events for the wind industry will take place in September. German Hamburg will host the Expo and the WindEnergy Congress. There will be no shortage of Polish wind industry representatives there. They will be presented at a joint stand by Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA). [...]
Marlinks has won a contract to monitor the condition of cables for the Arcadis Ost 1 wind farm in Germany. Arcadis Ost is located in an area of the Baltic Sea with difficult seabed conditions. Topsoil accelerates the movement of the submarine cable into the lower soil layers and increases [...]
BalticWind.EU Country Report LITHUANIA / Q4 2021 In the first of a series of quarterly reports summarizing the offshore wind energy market in Lithuania. This is one of those markets where, even though there are no operational wind farms yet, we have not only high hopes but also [...]
GreenSpur Wind, based in the UK, and Niron Magnetics, based in the US, have announced important progress in the search for rare-earth-free permanent magnets for use in offshore wind turbines. […]
Budimex and EDF Renewables announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to partner on a 50/50 basis and to jointly commit to realizing investments in offshore wind farms as part of the second phase of offshore development in Poland. […]
Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) have released a roadmap for policymakers to chart a way out of the current energy crisis and climate change. The five-point plan, “Accelerating renewables to achieve energy security, affordability and climate action”, addresses the need to restore order to energy [...]
Global Wind Organisation has announced the 500th certified training provider since the inception in 2012. This is a significant milestone for the development of wind farms worldwide. […]
A major milestone was achieved at Parkwind’s Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm over the weekend when DEME Offshore installed its final XXL monopile in the Baltic Sea, off the coast of Rügen. This was the first project executed by DEME’s new floating installation vessel ‘Orion’, which installed the foundations [...]
The Finnish Government has granted permits to lease its seabed for the development of two large-scale offshore wind farms. State-owned forest and seabed administrator Metsähallitus obtained permission to lease these areas. […]
A company from the ORLEN Group has signed a reservation agreement with a Danish company Cadeler for the transportation and installation of around 70 turbines for the Baltic Power offshore wind farm, a joint project between PKN ORLEN and Northland Power Inc. In the next steps, the company will select suppliers of turbines, foundations, internal [...]
The German Parliament has adopted a new Offshore Wind Law (WindSeeG). It makes important changes to the design of Germany’s offshore wind auctions. It established two different types of auctions, one of which involves negative bidding with no caps on the amounts developers bid. This is bad: uncapped negative bidding means additional costs for electricity [...]
Vos Prodect continues to support the major offshore wind farm projects in 2022. The company will be the Cable Hang-Off supplier for the TKF cable project Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm. […]
KN (Klaipėdos Nafta AB), the operator of oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, and the companies of the largest Polish oil group ORLEN, ORLEN Neptun I and Energa Wytwarzanie, signed a letter of intent on the possibility of cooperation in the provision of operation and maintenance (O&M) services for wind farms in the Baltic [...]
In 2022-2027, Semco Maritime will perform service assignments on the Arcadis Ost 1 project’s offshore substation, which Semco Maritime has been responsible for designing and implementing all electrical systems on during the construction phase. The project is expected to be commissioned in late 2023 and will contribute 257 MW of green energy to the European [...]
With the conditional order of 103 Siemens Gamesa offshore wind turbines with up to 9 MW capacity each and the start of the main soil investigation at each individual turbine location, wpd has started the realization of the Gennaker offshore wind farm located 15 kilometers off the Baltic Sea coast near the Darß peninsula. At [...]
RWE and Siemens Gamesa join forces to accelerate the offshore wind growth in Poland. RWE selected Siemens Gamesa as preferred supplier for their F.E.W. Baltic II offshore wind project. The 350 MW wind farm is intended to utilize 25 of Siemens Gamesa’s flagship SG 14-236 DD offshore wind turbines. A Service agreement is included. Subject [...]
The application documents for the section in the EEZ relate both to the construction and operation of the approximately 24-kilometre-long submarine cable and to 50Hertz’s own transformer platform at the Windanker wind farm. The planning approval authority – the BSH – is currently checking the documents for completeness. […]
European Energy is going to start delivering green hydrogen to Port Esbjerg starting from the first half of 2023 from its production facilities in Esbjerg. The supply of green hydrogen to Port Esbjerg will be produced at European Energy’s wind farm in Måde near Esbjerg. – We are honored to be selected as the first [...]
As of 1 July 2022, Latvia will be the Chair of HELCOM until 30 June 2024. The chairmanship rotates between Contracting Parties every two years, in alphabetical order. […]
OX2 has submitted a permit application under the act of Sweden’s Exclusive Economic Zone to construct an offshore wind farm in the Swedish Economic Zone between the islands of Gotland and Öland. The wind farm Aurora will be situated about 20 kilometers from the island of Gotland and 30 kilometers from the Island of Öland. [...]
The European wind industry needs to slow down in its attempts to further drive down the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and scale back on building bigger turbines. This, at least, is the view of K2 Management, a leading renewable energy engineering and project management consultancy, which believes that unless the inexorable push to lower [...]
The University of Szczecin attentively follows the changing energy market in Poland, in particular the growing role of the RES sector, which plays a key role in the energy transition. Prof. Dr. Waldemar Tarczynski, Rector of the University of Szczecin, answers questions from BalticWind.EU about the university’s plans regarding its educational path. He does not [...]
Installations and investments in the global offshore wind industry are set to surge this decade as nations seek to transition to cleaner sources of energy, with total capital expenditure projected to more than double from $46 billion in 2021 to $102 billion in 2030, Rystad Energy research shows. […]
RWE and Siemens Gamesa join forces to accelerate the offshore wind growth in Poland. RWE selected Siemens Gamesa as preferred supplier for their F.E.W. Baltic II offshore wind project. The 350 MW wind farm is intended to utilize 25 of Siemens Gamesa’s flagship SG 14-236 DD offshore wind turbines. A Service agreement is included. Subject [...]
The supervisory board of Port of Tallinn decided to invest up to EUR 53 million to build a new 310-meter quay with a 10-hectare area beyond the quay in Paldiski South Harbour. The investment is co-financed by European Commission in the amount of EUR 20 million through the military mobility project EstMilMob, which aims to [...]
Koszalin University of Technology is one of the Polish universities that wants to educate future specialists of the offshore wind energy industry. In an interview with BalticWind.EU Małgorzata Sikora, PhD, Eng., Professor of the Koszalin University of Technology, talks about the university’s plans, educational offer, and cooperation with companies in the energy sector. The commentary [...]
The University of Gdansk (UG) is the largest university in the Pomeranian region. It employs 1810 research and teaching staff, who conduct education and research at 11 faculties for 24,000 students and PhD students. – The University of Gdansk treats the offshore wind energy sector strategically, taking into account the possibility of applying the results [...]
The European Commission has published its Nature Protection Package. The package implements the EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, part of the European Green Deal. It’s also supporting the REPowerEU Action Plan, the measures to reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels and accelerate the growth of renewables, which the Commission presented on 18 May. The expansion [...]
2022 is a landmark year for the offshore wind sector in Lithuania. At the end of March, the Lithuanian Parliament gave a green light for the regulations necessary for the emergence of first wind farms in the Baltic Sea. The regulations are being adopted, while in the background the countries of the Baltic Sea region [...]
Parkwind, 50Hertz and Bladt Industries are thrilled to announce the successful installation of the Arcadis Ost offshore substation (OSS). The 2380 ton structure was installed by the Scaldis crane vessel Gulliver on its monopile foundation in the wind farm Arcadis Ost 1 located around 19 kilometres east of Rügen in Germany. […]
The Gdansk University of Technology is one of the Polish universities that educates experts in the offshore wind energy sector. Prof. D.Sc. of Gdańsk University of Technology Marcin Łuczak, from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ship Technology, Director of the Offshore Wind Energy Centre, answers BalticWind.EU’s questions. The commentary was originally published in BalticWind.EU Quarterly [...]
Investments in personnel preparation and competence development are the key to take advantage of the opportunity to build a strong offshore wind energy sector in Poland – said in commentary for BalticWind.EU Agnieszka Rodak, CEO of Rumia Invest Park. The commentary was originally published in “BalticWind.EU Quarterly Country Report Poland Q1 2022”. […]
NGOs, wind industry and Transmission System Operators (TSOs), working collaboratively in OCEaN, call for a strong EU Restoration Law with clear and quantifiable legally binding targets, as well as implementation and enforcement rules that enable ecologically-sound offshore wind and electricity deployment. […]
More than 60 representatives from 30 institutions that are or will be involved in administrative procedures related to the preparation and implementation of offshore wind farm took part in a meeting organized on June 7 in Gdańsk. The event was addressed to stakeholders from the public administration sector, local government administration sector and institutions involved [...]
Rytis Kėvelaitis, CEO of Energy Unlimited, summarizes for BalticWind.EU the first three months in the offshore wind sector in Lithuania. As he said, the key milestone is the adoption of the renewable energy law amendments regarding offshore wind. The commentary was originally published in BalticWind.EU Quarterly Country Report Lithuania Q1 2022. […]
Baltic Power, as the first developer on the Polish part of the Baltic Sea, has finalized the geotechnical research. The measurements were conducted on an area of more than 130 km2 and a cable route of more than 30 km that leads the energy from the sea to the land. As part of the ongoing [...]
Parkwind and DEME Offshore announce the successful installation of the first Arcadis Ost 1 monopile foundation. This foundation will carry the windfarm’s substation. The 2,100tons, 9.5m diameter, 110m long monopile is one of the biggest ever installed and marks the first of 28 foundations to be installed over the coming weeks. With the installation of [...]
A meeting with suppliers of services and components for the electrical offshore substation being built as part of the F.E.W. Baltic II offshore wind farm will be held at the Mercure Gdańsk Stare Miasto Hotel at ul. Jana Heweliusza 22 on 23 June 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. […]
Professor Lena Kautsky from Stockholm University is one of the authors behind the new report, which concludes that consideration needs to be taken to sensitive benthic areas, sound-sensitive animals, as well as seabirds when wind farms are established and that the turbine foundations can act as artificial reefs. […]
Parkwind and DEME Offshore announce the successful installation of the first Arcadis Ost 1 monopile foundation. This foundation will carry the windfarm’s substation. The 2,100tons, 9.5m diameter, 110m long monopile is one of the biggest ever installed and marks the first of 28 foundations to be installed over the coming weeks. […]
Vos Prodect has been awarded by JDR Cable Systems to supply the Cable Hang-Off Systems for the offshore wind farm Arcadis Ost 1. The 257 MW offshore wind farm, which is developed by Parkwind Ost GmbH, will be located 19 km off the German island Rügen in the Baltic Sea. […]
Ocean Winds - one of the world's largest offshore developers - will hold a Suppliers Day for potential suppliers of services and components for offshore wind farms in Poland on 9 June 2022 in a hybrid format. It is an opportunity for Ocean Winds to show its key position on the Polish market and answer [...]
On 9 June 2022, a hybrid Suppliers Day will be held, i.e. a meeting of representatives of the leading investor Ocean Winds with potential suppliers of services and components for offshore wind farms in Poland. It is an excellent opportunity to discuss planned activities and requirements for an offshore wind [...]
During this year’s edition of the most important event of the wind energy sector, WindEurope Bilbao 2022, we could not miss a discussion on the war in Ukraine and its impact on the energy sector. The European wind industry stands in solidarity with Ukraine, especially the energy sector. Dynamically changing [...]
A number of governments are now tempted to apply ‘negative bidding’ in their wind energy auctions, to make companies pay them for the right to develop a new wind farm – WindEurope explains in the position paper. […]
Ministers of Foreign Affairs and other high-level representatives from the Baltic Sea region will meet in Kristiansand, Norway on 24-25 May 2022 during the 19th Ministerial Session of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) – its first ministerial session in nine years. Organised by Norway, which currently holds the presidency of the CBSS, the meeting will be attended by the CBSS member states: Denmark, Estonia, [...]
On May 17, representatives of RES developer Iberdrola laid the cornerstone for the second operations building for the Baltic Eagle and Windanker offshore wind farms. The building will be built in the Mukran Port in Sassnitz. […]
Security and independence are words that have been mentioned in all cases in recent days. The war in Ukraine has shown how fragile the energy industry is based on fossil fuels imported mainly from Russia – gas, oil and coal. What will replace Russian coal? The answer is Renewable Energy [...]
BalticWind.EU Country Report POLAND / Q1 2022 Dear Readers, It is my pleasure to present to you the next in a series of reports summarising the Polish offshore wind energy market. In the passing quarter energy topics were dominated by the war in Ukraine triggered by Russia. Since [...]
Investor Baltic Power, implementing a joint project of offshore wind farm construction between PKN ORLEN and Northland Power, invites to pre-qualify for tenders for services and equipment used in the construction of an offshore wind farm in Poland. First, prequalifications will be conducted and then the interested entities will be invited to the [...]
Simply Blue Group, a leading Irish blue economy developer in floating offshore wind has unveiled plans for two multi-GW projects in Sweden. The 2 GW Skidbladner Floating Wind Project is located 100Km South-East of Stockholm and the 2.75GW Herkules Floating Wind project, is approximately 60 km Southeast of the Island [...]
RES developer Vattenfall welcomes the Swedish Government’s decision to grant construction permit of an offshore wind farm at Swedish Kriegers Flak. […]
Poland is intensifying efforts to develop offshore wind energy. One of the elements of the process of building, and then operating, wind farms in the Baltic Sea is the procedure for obtaining the so-called location permit (PSZW – permit to erect and exploit artificial islands, structures and equipment for offshore [...]
Kids need comparisons from their own point of view to understand complex topics. The children’s book “Wind Energy for kids” by Thomas Simons uses sizes and comparisons with everyday objects to explain the basics of wind power to children starting from pre-school age. […]
Electrical interconnection systems are crucial for efficient energy production from offshore wind farms which is why DNV chose the technical approach as the key focus of the Technical Seminar on Electrical Systems for Offshore Wind organised in Gdynia on the 20th of May 2022. BalticWind.EU is a media partner of the event. […]
RWE invites Polish companies to a dialogue about the construction of the offshore wind farm F.E.W. Baltic II. In the first stage, the talks will concern the supply of services and components for the onshore substation of the F.E.W. Baltic II offshore wind farm. The general contractor of the substation, GE Power / PILE Elbud, [...]
Hexicon and Elia Grid International (EGI) join forces to connect the wind energy produced by Floating Offshore Windfarms (FOW) to the onshore grid, and that on a global scale. The two companies will develop concepts and projects to integrate large scale floating offshore wind parks into the onshore power systems. The 5-year long cooperation consists [...]
Norwegian company, Deep Wind Offshore recognizes massive potential and great opportunities in the Swedish offshore wind market and is establishing its own company in Sweden. The aim is to promote and create local jobs and work with local suppliers to build a strong and robust supply chain for offshore wind industry. In the first phase, [...]
On Monday 2 May transmission system operators, technology providers and the wind industry came together to formally launch the READY4DC project. READY4DC will create a community of experts to work out recommendations on how to plan and build an interoperable and expandable direct current grid in Europe. The project is supported by the European Union’s [...]
BalticWind.EU Country Report LITHUANIA / Q1 2022 Dear Readers, It is my pleasure to present to you the next in a series of quarterly reports summarising the Lithuanian offshore wind energy market. In the passing quarter, energy topics were dominated by the Russian-induced war in Ukraine. Since the [...]
Global Infrastructure Partners, a leading independent infrastructure investor, and wpd, a leading project developer and independent renewables power producer (IRPP) for onshore wind, offshore wind and solar, are pleased to announce that they have signed definitive agreements for GIP to acquire 100% of wpd offshore GmbH, the offshore wind business of wpd. The transaction is [...]
Production of the world’s longest high-voltage DC underground power cable system for partners in SuedLink, TenneT and TransnetBW, has started at the NKT factory in Karlskrona, Sweden. […]
Enefit Green signed an agreement to prepare a preliminary design for the offshore wind farm planned north of Hiiumaa. According to the plans, the technical analysis of the farm will be completed in August this year. […]
The Offshore Wind Energy Center at Gdansk University of Technology together with the Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA) invite you to the Baltic Windustry 2022 conference. The event will be held in Poland in September. […]
Iberdrola has received the green light to begin construction of the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm, the company’s second major offshore project in the Baltic Sea (Germany). With a capacity of 476 MW, Baltic Eagle will be capable of supplying renewable energy to 475,000 homes and will prevent the emission [...]
RWE Renewables is currently developing the 1600MW Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) Södra Midsjöbanken located in the southern Baltic Sea. N-Sea, along with their partner Ocean Ecology, were contracted for late season provision of vessel, equipment, and personnel to perform a geophysical site survey and environmental baseline survey, as well as [...]
Energy experts from countries in the Baltic Sea region gathered in an online session hosted by the Swedish Institute for a dialogue on energy efficiency. The message from the speakers was that work on energy efficiency in the Baltic Sea region must speed up. […]
On April 13, the Lithuanian government approved amendments to legislation drafted by the Ministry of Energy to accelerate the development of RES in Lithuania. The new legislation removes the bureaucracy and excessive restrictions on photovoltaic and wind power plants and encourages the formation of energy communities, the department says. [...]
On Thursday 14 April, Elia Group teams welcomed the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy and Employment, Pierre-Yves Dermagne, to the construction site of the Arcadis Ost platform in Aalborg, Denmark. […]
The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA), a collaboration between nine offshore wind developers, is launching 16 new research and development (R&D) projects this year. These span five key areas of logistics and operations and maintenance, cables, electrical systems, foundations, yield and performance. […]
The international consortium Bornholm Bunker Hub is launching a process to find partners and customers seeking to accelerate decarbonisation and refuel vessels with sustainable fuels. Local production of Power-to-X fuel is achievable when the Energy Island at Bornholm is established around 2030 with at least 2 GW of offshore wind [...]