Permitting used to be the hard part. Now it is the wires: 72 TWh curtailed across Europe, 800 GW stuck in connection queues, and a Baltic hybrid interconnector facing a decision point.
Germany's onshore wind auctions are bid 2.6 times over and clearing at record lows. The winners share locked-in turbine supply and secured grid connections — and the harder constraint now sits between the award and the first foundation.
German data puts new onshore wind at 8.2 cents per kWh against gas backup at three to four times that. Auctions are oversubscribed and capital is queueing. The bottleneck has moved entirely to permitting.
Mine clearance, anti-submarine patrols, air defence and a defence-tech accelerator each protect Baltic energy assets in part. None of them was designed to, and the financing question is still open.
Repowering and life extension are becoming a mainstream route to new onshore wind capacity in Germany and the Nordics, as permitting and grid constraints slow greenfield development.
Grid-scale storage is scaling alongside wind in Germany and the Baltics. A look at what Kyon Energy's three-state start and Latvenergo's record investment year say about where flexibility is heading.
From reef panels on a floating platform to ultrasonic bat sensors in Latvian waters and GPS-tagged gulls off Finland, offshore wind's environmental surveys are becoming applied marine science.
With 2.6 GW installed, Poland's first dedicated offshore installation port and a 6 GW project pipeline offshore, West Pomerania has the infrastructure. Whether it becomes an industrial base or a transit hub depends on local content.
Summit declarations, a NATO-funding proposal and a Finnish intelligence assessment now point the same way: Baltic offshore wind is being treated as critical infrastructure. Poland shows what that means on the ground.
Baltic Power's construction ends in the second half of 2026 and the Łeba base pivots to roughly 30 years of operations. The open question is whether it becomes a single-farm service base or the anchor of a Baltic O&M cluster.
Congestion cost Europe EUR 8.9bn in 2024 and 72 TWh was curtailed. From GriffinLink to Baltic cable repair modules and Finland's hydrogen roadmap, the region's binding constraint is shifting from generation to everything that carries it.
Polish offshore wind has moved local content from strategy documents into signed contracts — towers, foundations, FEED work and permits. A look at which parts of the chain Poland has captured, and which remain out of reach.
The Baltic is too shallow to need Neretek's BC90 foundation. But the factories, quays and welders that a 60-90 metre foundation class would draw on are already working on Baltica 2.
Germany's 70 GW offshore target now hinges less on ambition than on money. Three reforms — CfD auctions, the AgNes network-charge overhaul and cross-border grid links — are reshaping the economics, with clear lessons for the Baltic.
Germany's 2026 onshore wind auctions are heavily oversubscribed. A look at the volumes, prices and the developers — Qualitas, UKA, Alterric — shaping the market, and what it means for the Baltic.
"First power to the grid" sounds like flipping a switch, but it is the visible tip of offshore wind commissioning — a sequence running from seabed surveys and cable trenching to onshore substation tests and grid-operator compliance. Baltic Power and Baltica 2 show how it works.
Poland's first purpose-built offshore wind installation port anchors a supply chain forming along the West Pomeranian coast. A look at how installation terminals work and why they set the pace of the build-out.
The science on wind turbines and health is settled: no confirmed harm, and noise at a safe distance comparable to a fridge. So why does the health scare persist — and what actually counters it?
With Baltic Power online, the PGE–Ørsted Baltica programme is Poland's next offshore frontier — from the Choczewo substation to 150 km of seabed cable routes and 107 turbines bound for Gdańsk.
Sweden approved over 5 GW of battery parks in five years, Kyon Energy is building across three German states at once, and Alterric is co-locating storage with wind — a snapshot of the Baltic–German battery boom.
Deepwater foundations, floating platforms designed to host marine life, and hybrid wave-wind-solar units point to an offshore toolbox built for the Baltic's crowded, contested seas.
After a failed 2025 auction and suspended 2026 rounds, Germany has moved to reset its offshore wind market — through a North Sea investment pact, regulatory protection for existing projects, a Bundesrat reform push and cross-border cooperation that increasingly runs through the Baltic.
Ports, factories and a growing supply chain are turning Poland's West Pomeranian coast into the industrial base for the country's offshore wind expansion.
Familiar claims paint Polish wind power as unhealthy, unreliable and uneconomic. A growing body of research maps where those narratives come from, what they cost, and why Poland's own Grajewo model points to the answer.
Poland's first offshore wind farm has gone from empty seabed to first power in under two years. Here is how Baltic Power was built — and what comes after the turbines are switched on.
18 May marks the International Day for Women in Maritime – a day highlighting the participation of women in one of the global economy's most critical sectors. Although the maritime industry is developing rapidly and undergoing significant changes due to the energy transition and digitalisation, women still account for only 16% of the private maritime [...]
On 30 October 2025, the Polish Ministry of State Assets (MAP) held the first meeting of the newly established Team for the Participation of Domestic Components in Key Investment Processes. The session was chaired by Minister Wojciech Balczun. One of the key outcomes was the appointment of the Industrial Development Agency (ARP) as the Coordinator [...]
Baltic Sea Offshore Wind Summit - Special Conference Report Dear Readers, It is my pleasure to introduce this special report summarising the Baltic Sea Offshore Wind Summit 2025, held on March 10th at the European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk. This landmark event brought together more than 200 leading [...]
BalticWind.EU Country Report POLAND / Q1 2024 Dear Readers, We are pleased to present you with another in a series of reports summarizing the Polish offshore wind market. As we continue to track the development of renewable energy in the Baltic Sea, this edition highlights significant milestones, from [...]
The countdown has begun for the Baltic Sea Offshore Wind Summit 2025, scheduled for March 10th, 2025, at the European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk, Poland. With offshore wind energy gaining momentum across the Baltic region, the summit promises to be a pivotal event, bringing together key players to tackle pressing challenges and explore new opportunities [...]
BalticWind.EU Country Report POLAND / Q1 2024 Dear Readers, We are pleased to present you with another in a series of reports summarizing the Polish offshore wind market. In the first quarter of 2024, the topic of energy continued to be strongly linked to initiatives to accelerate decarbonization [...]
Baltic Sea Offshore Wind OUTLOOK 2024 I am pleased to present special report summarising series of interviews „Baltic Sea Offshore Wind OUTLOOK 2024”.The year 2023 was full of initiatives that have permanently changed the conditions for the offshore wind industry. We asked key policy-makers and industryleaders for their assessment of [...]
BalticWind.EU Country Report POLAND / Q4 2023 Dear Readers, We are pleased to present you with another in a series of reports summarizing the Polish offshore wind market. In the last quarter of 2023, the topic of energy continued to be strongly linked to initiatives to accelerate decarbonization [...]
BalticWind.EU Country Report POLAND / Q3 2023 Dear Readers, We are pleased to present you with another in a series of reports summarizing the Polish offshore wind market. In the third quarter of 2023, the topic of energy continued to be strongly linked to initiatives to accelerate decarbonization [...]
BalticWind.EU Country Report POLAND / Q2 2023 We are pleased to present you with the next in a series of reports summarising the Polish offshore wind market. In this report, we continue to present the development of offshore wind farm projects, as well as the most important developments [...]
BalticWind.EU Country Report POLAND / Q1 2023 We are pleased to present to you the next in a series of reports summarising the Polish offshore wind energy market. In 1Q2023, energy topics continued to be dominated by initiatives emphasising the need to accelerate the construction of offshore wind projects [...]
BalticWind.EU Country Report POLAND / Q4 2022 Dear Readers, I am pleased to present to you the next in a series of reports summarising the Polish offshore wind energy market. In Q4 2022, energy topics continued to be dominated by initiatives emphasising the need to accelerate the construction [...]
We spoke with Mike Crawley, CEO of Northland Power, on the occasion of his visit to Poland in October, during which the selection of Vestas turbines for the Baltic Power project and the construction of an installation terminal in Świnoujście were announced. The Canadian company he heads is one of the most experienced developers of [...]
When pursuing offshore wind farm projects, it is necessary to consider a variation of risks to ensure their safe operation. The recent events related to the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream I and II pipelines further highlight such necessity, writes PhD Rafal Miętkiewicz, Assistant Professor at the Polish Naval Academy of the Heroes of [...]
IRENA, GWEC & the Government of Denmark launch the Global Offshore Wind Alliance to drive installed global offshore wind capacity up 670% – from 57 GW in 2021 to 380 GW in 2030. […]
Focus on Local Industry Creation in Offshore wind sector: Business Case of the first Offshore Wind Farm in France […]
Paweł Wróbel: The Nature Restoration Law will set restoration targets and obligations across a broad range of ecosystems at land and sea in the EU. How is this to work in practice for marine areas? Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries: The proposal includes targets on marine ecosystems. We will be looking [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
BalticWind.EU Country Report POLAND / Q4 2021 Dear Readers, I am pleased to present you with the second of a series of quarterly reports summarizing the offshore wind energy market in Poland. Polish market – together with Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian – is one of those markets where, even [...]
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