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Ignitis Renewables invites to Save the Baltic Sea together
International green energy company Ignitis Renewables supports the expedition Save the Baltic Sea and invites to pay attention to the ecological state of the sea and work together in preserving the Baltic Sea. During the nine-month walk around the Baltic Sea, [...]
Give your views on the Offshore Network Development Plans 2024
The Offshore Network Development Plans (ONDP) is a new component of the TYNDP, delivering a high-level outlook of the needs of offshore transmission infrastructure. The first edition of the ONDP has been published on 23 January 2024. The plans translate EU [...]
ENTOSO-E invites for public workshop on Offshore Network Development Plans
ENTSO-E is inviting the stakeholders to a public workshop on the Offshore Network Development Plans (ONDP), in ENTSO-E premises in Brussels, on 1 March 2024. The ONDP is a new component of the TYNDP, focused on the needs for offshore transmission [...]
Elering is considering northwestern Estonia for the onshore connection of EstLink 3
Elering has applied to the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority to be granted a superficies license for constructing the third electricity interconnection between Estonia and Finland, with the onshore connection point situated in northwestern Estonia. The third electricity interconnection with [...]
Bornholm, Ć land and Gotland signed a letter of intent to cooperate
āĆ land , Gotland & Bornholm entered into an agreement on 22nd of January to create value together across the Baltic Sea's three energy islands. Bornholm is not alone in looking into a future as an energy island. Both Ć land and Gotland [...]
TotalEnergies and European Energy expand their collaboration to offshore projects in Scandinavia
As part of its integrated development in electricity, TotalEnergies has signed a new agreement with European Energy to develop offshore wind projects in three Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland and Sweden. 405 MW of offshore wind power under development in Denmark The [...]
āBaltic Sea Offshore Wind ā 2024 Outlookā: Otto Swanljung, Director, Wind Energy, MetsƤhallitus
BalticWind.EU asked industry leaders and key policy-makers for their assessment of what has been achieved in the past year and what the forecasts are for 2024. In todayās interview of the āBaltic Sea Offshore Wind ā 2024 Outlookā series, we present [...]
Skyborn Renewables engages local insights through resident survey for offshore wind power expansion in Finland
Skyborn Renewables Offshore Finland Oy, which is planning offshore wind power off Kokkola, Pietarsaari and Uudenkaarlepy, approached about a thousand residents and property owners in the area in question in the form of a survey. The survey itself was carried out [...]
AI-Optimized Grid Balancing Pilot Launched in Finland
A Finland-based energy group has installed a pilot project at an industrial park in the country, touting it as a first-of-its-kind system supported by the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Exaum, founded in 2021 as an energy company committed to working [...]
Electricity Grid Operators are Strengthening Regional Cooperation in the Baltic Sea
The electricity transmission system operators (TSOs) of the nine Baltic Sea Region countries will continue to cooperate actively to ensure the reliability of the region's electricity supply, the implementation of the project to synchronise the Baltic electricity grids with continental Europe [...]
MetsƤhallitus launches tendering process for 3 GW after government adopts a resolution
On 23 November 2023, the Government adopted a resolution on launching an auction procedure concerning offshore wind power sites located in the public water areas of Finland. Ā The offshore wind power sites to be auctioned are located in public water areas [...]
MetsƤhallitus and Vattenfall agree to expand KorsnƤs Offshore Wind Farm project
MetsƤhallitus and Vattenfall have agreed to expand the KorsnƤs Offshore Wind Farm project so that the new project area will allow for an increased capacity. Vattenfall became a MetsƤhallitus project partner for the KorsnƤs Offshore Wind Farm project in December 2022 [...]
New working group and legislative project launched to streamline Finnish offshore wind projects
Minister of Climate and the Environment Kai MykkƤnen appointed a working group, whose task is to find ways to promote offshore wind power in Finland. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment will also launch a legislative project on offshore wind [...]
New partnership to develop large-scale integrated renewable energy system on Ć land
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Flexens, and Lhyfe have formed a partnership for the development and construction of an ambitious integrated energy island solution enabling large-scale offshore wind, green hydrogen production, and other local anchored value creating activities on Ć land. CIP, through Copenhagen [...]
Fingrid investigates possible connection points for offshore wind projects to the main grid
Interest in building offshore wind power in Finland has grown exponentially. Fingrid has launched a study to preliminarily determine possible connection points for offshore wind projects to the main grid. The results of the study are expected to be available by [...]