Finland's economy ministry received over 200 comments on its grid-connection priority draft act and will send it to Parliament in December. A working group will propose further market-law changes by March 2027.
The Finnish Government has licensed Posiva to operate its Olkiluoto encapsulation plant and Onkalo repository until 2070, the first such licence worldwide according to the ministry.
WindEurope says reopening the EU Birds and Habitats Directives would bring legal uncertainty and delay wind projects, and published 40 case studies on wind and biodiversity.
Belgium's Walloon government has chosen a preferred corridor for Elia's Avelgem–Courcelles line. A public inquiry follows in early 2027, with commissioning targeted for 2032-2033.
Finland has opened consultation on a bill naming Tukes as enforcement authority for the EU Methane Regulation, with penalties applying after a three-to-nine-month grace period from 2027.
Germany's cabinet has sent the WindSeeG amendment to parliament. Two-sided CfDs, a 2,000 to 4,800 MW annual tender path and new rules on securities are the main changes for offshore auctions.
A wave of EU interconnection funding has collided with security fears and national pushback — from a Swedish cable freeze to a sabotage-repair fund and a Polish blackout drill.
WindEurope has joined the European Literacy Coalition, launched in Brussels on 22 September, committing the wind industry to tackling declining literacy skills and energy disinformation.
Finnish companies and municipalities invested over €2.1 billion in energy efficiency between 2017 and 2025, cutting annual energy use by 18.6 TWh, the government reports.
A draft amendment to Finland's Electricity Market Act would sort connection requests from large consumers and storage into four priority groups when grid capacity is scarce. Comments close 9 October; entry into force is planned for 1 January 2027.
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.
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.
After the ECB's September rate rise, Germany's IWR institute argues that renewables plus battery storage cut exposure to fossil price shocks, and warns that subsidised gas plants trading on the market would add electricity price risk.
Germany's FGW e.V. has released the final document of its working group on component-based unit certification, proposing early validation of grid behaviour at converter and component level to cut recertification costs for turbines and storage.
Finland's Sari Multala hosted Estonia's Andres Sutt and Latvia's Jānis Vitenbergs at Posiva's spent fuel repository in Eurajoki, weeks after STUK's favourable statement. The operating licence proposal could reach the Finnish Government in October.
The German cabinet has adopted the draft WindSeeG amendment, sending changes to offshore auction design, realisation deadlines, resilience criteria and environmental rules into the parliamentary process.
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.
Energiequelle has commissioned a 4.2 MW Enercon turbine at Krummensee in Brandenburg, five years after the permit was issued and after a legal dispute that nearly ran the consent out of time.
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.
Europe installed 8.8 GW of new wind capacity in the first half of 2026, 30% more than a year earlier. WindEurope now expects 24 GW for the full year, but warns that falling permitting volumes outside Germany could stall the ramp-up.
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.
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.
Renewables neared half of EU electricity in July 2026, with solar almost level with nuclear as heat and low water constrained European reactors.
Sustained heat and low river levels cut European nuclear output, leaving Romania without nuclear generation for the first time since 2003.
SuedLink's 5.2 km ElbX tunnel under the Elbe is complete. Cable pulling starts late 2027 and the 700 km link enters service at the end of 2028.
Germany's grid connection package faces a constitutional opinion against it, doubts over EU-law compatibility, a Bundeskartellamt warning and an EU complaint against the capacity market law.
Turkey has released a draft 1 GW offshore wind YEKA tender covering four Aegean areas, with the auction due in Q1 2027 and a 5 GW target for 2035.
After Germany's offshore auction drew zero bids, the WindSeeG draft proposes 2,000-4,800 MW annual volumes, two-sided CfDs and 35-year operating lives. Industry says it does not go far enough.
An IWR analysis argues that Germany's capacity market, EEG amendment and grid connection package shift system control to regulated monopolies and will push electricity prices up rather than down.
RWE will receive USD 1.22 billion for returning its US offshore wind leases, the latest project buy-back under the Trump administration. Capital freed from cancelled US commitments could flow toward European and Baltic pipelines instead.
Germany's BMWE has opened consultation on the 2026 WindSeeG amendment, introducing two-sided CfDs and a 35-year operating life. The offshore association BWO backs the direction but says the two-stage tender model must not turn price protection into a last resort.
Germany's cabinet has passed the EEG 2027 amendment and grid-connection package. Wind developer Alterric warns the rules could seriously slow the renewables build-out and urges the Bundestag to revise them.
Alterric says Germany's cabinet-approved EEG amendment and grid connection package risk raising generation costs and stalling the renewables build-out, and has urged the Bundestag to make corrections.
The European Commission wants to double electricity's share of the EU energy mix to 46% by 2040, but the wind industry warns that a parallel reform of the Emissions Trading System could slow the shift.
Finland's economy ministry has issued its competent authority statement on the EIA programme for Kuopion Energia's planned small modular reactor plant for district heating in Kuopio, asking the developer to further specify the assessment.
Lithuania's outgoing deputy energy minister Airidas Daukšas has reviewed his term, citing a 55% renewables target for 2030, more than 193,000 prosumers and installed capacity heading towards 7 GW by year-end.
France and Germany awarded more than 3 GW in heavily oversubscribed onshore wind auctions at falling prices, but WindEurope warned that limited auction visibility is pushing developers to rush projects to market.
The European Commission has cleared a €63 billion French scheme backing eleven offshore wind farms with up to 11.1 GW of capacity under two-way CfDs.
wpd has won 156.9 MW in Germany's latest BNetzA onshore wind auction, a heavily oversubscribed round in which average award prices fell to a record low of 5.06 ct/kWh.
Ahead of the EU's 17 July ETS review, WindEurope wants the Commission to keep a clear carbon price and channel ETS revenues into industrial electrification.
Alterric says leaked drafts of Germany's EEG 2027 reform and grid-connection package — including a ten-year uncompensated curtailment rule — threaten the financing of new wind projects.
Germany's 1 May onshore wind tender drew bids worth 6,409 MW for 2,495 MW on offer, pushing award prices lower; clients of purchasing group Routing Energy won 90.1 MW.
Qualitas Energy has won 113.2 MW across three onshore wind projects in Germany's latest tender, which drew bids worth more than 2.5 times the available volume.
Germany's renewable energy sector set a new employment record in 2025, but a Bertelsmann Stiftung study warns that a shift in federal energy policy could endanger thousands of jobs.
EU energy ministers met in Luxembourg to agree a general approach on the European grids package, including EU funding to repair undersea energy infrastructure damaged by sabotage — a priority for the Baltic Sea region.
A new Eurelectric report, based on 61 companies and 30 projects, sets out five replicable 'Power Couples' models to scale up industrial electrification by aligning demand, supply, grids and investment.
Eurelectric is calling on the EU to keep the Emissions Trading System as the backbone of its climate policy, setting out three priorities for the review: a predictable carbon price, industrial competitiveness and a just transition.
The Netherlands has opened the tender for the 1 GW IJmuiden Ver Gamma-A offshore wind site, with €4.75bn in subsidy available and applications running from 26 November to 10 December 2026.
WindEurope is calling on EU energy ministers to agree a binding 2040 renewables target, warning that without a post-2030 goal Europe risks losing investment, energy security and industrial leadership.
Sweden's transmission operator Svenska kraftnät says meeting electricity demand to 2050 will require historic investment in generation, grids and flexibility — around 8 TWh of new fossil-free power a year in its most intensive scenarios.
Shipping companies and Transport & Environment want the EU's upcoming Electrification Action Plan to cover shipping, citing barriers to charging infrastructure.
Estonia's Riigikogu has passed the Nuclear Energy and Safety Act, creating the country's first legal framework for nuclear power, including a phased licensing system and a national regulator due to start work in January 2027.
A 25% increase in cross-border grid interconnection could let Europe use an extra 27 TWh of wind and solar by 2040 and avoid 16.3 million tonnes of CO2, an Aurora Energy Research study finds — warning that curtailment could double by 2030 without timely network investment.
GWEC's 2026 report urges governments to fast-track offshore wind, warning that auctions slowed to 11.4 GW in 2025 even as 25 GW of projects sit ready to build.
Germany's Bundesrat has adopted a resolution backing offshore wind reform, taking up BWO proposals for an indexed two-sided CfD auction design, cross-border cooperation and a route to return non-viable awarded sites.
Baltic environmental NGOs urge the EU to set 2027 fishing limits below ICES advice, warning that cod, herring and salmon stocks are failing to recover even under existing closures.
The EU's latest package lists 34 individuals and 47 entities, targeting Russia's shadow fleet, energy revenues, defence industry and propaganda networks.
The Commission would let member states borrow up to 0.3% of GDP a year for the energy transition; Germany's BEE says it could free up to €27 billion.
Experts at PSEW 2026 said onshore wind is among Poland's cheapest power sources and could cut energy bills, but warned that grid limits, permitting and public opposition still hold it back.
On Global Wind Day, WindEurope urged EU policymakers to protect flexible community participation models, warning that draft EU rules could weaken the local benefits wind farms deliver.
On Global Wind Day, WindEurope spotlights how communities share in wind farm revenues — and warns that draft EU participation rules could undermine the very models that build local support.
EU finance ministers agreed to extend the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism to downstream steel and aluminium products, roughly doubling the Commission's proposed scope.
Norway has become a full member of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, gaining a formal role in the macro-regional framework's leadership and agenda-setting.
Sweden has ordered grid operator Svenska kraftnät to pause an upgrade of its power cable to Denmark, escalating its standoff with Brussels over the EU Grids Package.
Lithuania's Klaipėda LNG terminal has booked over 20 TWh of long-term capacity to 2044, with Ukraine's Naftogaz and Finland's Gasum joining as first-time customers.
A joint Alterric and E-Bridge study finds Germany's market for reactive power remains fragmented and underused, leaving potential savings on network charges unrealised.
BXF Energia's Tomasz Grzęda says the main bottleneck for onshore wind in Poland is the early permitting phase, where siting and approvals can take years.
Poland's defence ministry has prepared a decision to make onshore wind siting near military areas more transparent and predictable, announced by Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz at PSEW 2026.
Germany's ZEREZ register now accepts certificates with grid-forming properties for the instantaneous reserve market, effective 1 June 2026.
Germany's Bundesnetzagentur has shielded existing offshore wind projects from planned generator network charges, drawing praise from BWO — which also published a study finding such charges would be ineffective and ultimately costlier for the federal government.
Green Power Sweden has endorsed Swedish government proposals to cap environmental permitting appeals at three instances, while urging coordination with other concurrent regulatory reforms at EU and national level.
A pre-election survey by Green Power Sweden finds a majority of Swedish parliamentary parties support reducing electricity tax from 36 öre/kWh to EU minimum levels, ahead of the September 2026 general election.
PIMEW has submitted a formal position on Bill UD 2549 calling for a PIT exemption for Polish seafarers on offshore wind vessels, citing a 41% tax rate against 0% in Denmark and Belgium.
A new PISM White Paper documents Russia's intensifying hybrid campaign against Baltic Sea states, covering sabotage of energy and cable infrastructure, GNSS disruption, border violations, and recommendations for coordinated regional defence.
Germany's BWO association is calling for a voluntary offshore wind site return mechanism covering up to 16 GW and EUR 50 billion in project value blocked by grid delays.
New UK legislation in force from 21 May 2026 gives offshore wind developers a wider range of environmental compensation options, from seabird colony protection to native oyster restoration.
Wind Energy Ireland's 18-point action plan for 2026 targets a September planning decision, finalised grid agreements for east-coast projects, and state investment in port capacity.
A Trinomics/DTU Wind study commissioned by WindEurope finds that €11.6bn of targeted EU wind funding could yield €33bn annually in economic returns and 180,000 jobs by 2040, while displacing 70 bcm of imported gas.
Elia Group shareholders approved a €2.05 per share dividend and governance amendments at the company's annual general meetings held on 19 May 2026.
Leaders of the Bucharest Nine and Nordic Allies reaffirmed Baltic Sea maritime protection and commended Baltic Sentry operations in a joint declaration from Bucharest.
The US House Foreign Affairs Europe Subcommittee examined threats to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, with Chairman Self warning that NATO’s credibility hinges on credible deterrence along the Baltic frontier.
The Baltic Sea Region Forum in Turku attracted a record 580 participants to debate security, energy infrastructure, and geopolitical resilience across the Baltic and Arctic.
Youth delegates from across the Baltic Sea Region met in Warsaw for the CBSS Youth Ministerial 2026, producing recommendations on energy infrastructure, security and regional cooperation for Foreign Ministers.
More than 500 experts gathered in Tallinn for the 17th EUSBSR Annual Forum, focusing on resilience across regional security, Baltic Sea environment and economic competitiveness.
Latvia's FM Baiba Braže outlined four priorities for European security at the Lennart Meri Conference in Tallinn, calling for stronger NATO eastern flank defences and tighter sanctions on Russia's shadow fleet.
Norway has joined the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region as its ninth member, expanding cooperation in energy, maritime safety, and sustainability across the region.
Germany, Poland and the three Baltic States are expanding onshore wind capacity at an accelerating pace, driven by post-crisis energy security concerns and policy reforms that have cut permitting times and opened new areas for development.
The European Commission has published a catalogue of national best practices to help member states cut gas and oil use, lower energy costs and build resilience amid the ongoing energy crisis.
Alexandra Garatzogianni argues that Europe's energy and digital systems are converging faster than the governance frameworks designed to manage them.
Arianna Vitali Roscini of the Coalition for Energy Savings argues that a 2040 EU energy efficiency target is essential for energy security and independence.
Nine projects and individuals have been named finalists for the EUSEW 2026 Sustainable Energy Awards. Public voting is open until 31 May.
GOTHENBURG, Sweden – A new study from Chalmers University of Technology suggests that current EU regulations for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) may inadvertently favor production methods that are more expensive and energy-intensive than available alternatives. The research, published in the journal Fuel, analyzes different pathways for producing synthetic methanol—a precursor for fossil-free aviation fuel. The [...]
Europe can significantly reduce its dependence on imported fossil fuels and lower power prices through accelerated electrification and clean energy build-out, according to a new analysis published today by CIP. The required investment is equivalent to the price premium paid for fossil fuel imports today. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has highlighted that [...]
The Commission has launched a new call for proposals for key cross-border EU energy infrastructure projects with an indicative budget of €600 million. Organised by the Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), this is the first call open for projects included on the second list of Projects of Common Interest (PCIs) and Projects of Mutual Interest (PMIs). [...]
Wind energy has grown to become a key feature of Europe’s energy system. Wind farms underpin our energy security, generating 20% of all electricity consumed in Europe. They are critical energy infrastructure. In a changing threat environment, Europe needs to ramp up the physical protection of its wind energy infrastructure. Today WindEurope presents a new policy [...]
Five European Transmission System Operators (TSOs) from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at WindEurope's Annual Event in Madrid. Their intention is to enhance the affordability, efficiency, and reliability of the future electricity system by boosting cooperation on offshore cable infrastructure in the North Sea. The signing of this [...]
The third day at the WindEurope Annual Event 2026 is all about offshore wind. Europe needs to move from crisis to confidence – with homegrown and secure renewable electricity. Three months after the North Sea Summit in Hamburg, governments and industry meet in Madrid to turn offshore wind commitments into action. The war in Iran [...]
The investment process in onshore wind energy in Poland is now more difficult than ever before – experts stated during the panel discussion “Onshore wind – efficiency and barriers”, which took place on 22 April as part of the European Economic Congress in Katowice (Europejski Kongres Gospodarczy). The panellists discussed the most significant challenges currently [...]
Wind energy dis- and misinformation have evolved into a systemic risk to Europe’s security, competitiveness and ability to act. CASM Technology and WindEurope presented a first-of-its kind report which analyses the scale of wind energy dis- and misinformation across Europe. It illustrates how false narratives circulating on social media lead to real-life wind energy project delays and [...]
The second day at the WindEurope Annual Event 2026 is all about electrification. Europe must move from crisis to confidence – replacing fossil imports with homegrown electricity. Fast. Electrification must become a strategic priority for Europe, not a policy footnote. That’s the only way to protect households and industry from fossil price swings, and to [...]