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50Hertz Restructures Leadership to Navigate Energy Transition Challenges
The transmission system operator 50Hertz has restructured its organizational setup to effectively tackle the demanding investment and construction program anticipated in the coming years. This restructuring entails expanded and new responsibilities at the management level. Stefan Kapferer, Chairman of the Management [...]
German National Ports Strategy to be underpinned by funding as quickly as possible
The German government presented its new ports strategy on 20 March. The strategy contains a collection of measures, but no plans for financing. Therefore, the onshore and offshore wind energy associations, the OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE foundation and the Hamburg Renewable Energy Cluster are [...]
Masdar reaches close on financing for 476MW Baltic Eagle Offshore Wind Project
Masdar, the UAEās clean energy powerhouse, has achieved close on the financing of its 49 percent shareholding in the 476MW Baltic Eagle wind farm, located in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Germany. This is Masdarās largest ever euro-denominated financing, [...]
Markus Nƶlke becomes new managing director for WAB in Bremerhaven
On March 1, 2024, Markus Nƶlke (54) took over the management of WAB e.V. in Bremerhaven. Born in Bremerhaven, he originally comes from the transport and logistics sector, where he focused on shipping and port issues. Before joining WAB, Nƶlke had [...]
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, [...]
WindEurope Report: New offshore installations are accelerating
The latest annual statistics and seven-year outlook published by WindEurope reveal significant advancements in the European wind energy sector, particularly in the offshore market and among countries bordering the Baltic Sea. The report indicates that the European Union is on track [...]
RWE set up new team to deliver Offshore Wind Fleet Servicing
RWE, one of the worldās leading renewable energy companies, is to establish an initial 30 person dedicated Fleet Servicing Team for the UK and Germany to support its growing international offshore wind fleet. Initially focused on five operational projects off the [...]
RWE announces winner of global Innovation Competition
Indeximate Ltd., a start-up founded in the UK in 2022, has won RWEās second global Innovation Competition. The competition was launched with the aim to find innovative solutions in the domains of system integration, circularity and environmental protection in offshore wind [...]
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 [...]
50Hertz receives planning approval decisions for the Ostwind 3 offshore route
Authorisations have been granted for the grid connection of the Windanker offshore wind farm in territorial waters and in the EEZ. Transmission system operator 50Hertz has received the planning approval decisions for the offshore route of the Ostwind 3 grid connection. [...]
IPCEI Hy2Infra: Advancing European Hydrogen Infrastructure for Green Transition
The Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a third Important Project of Common European Interest (āIPCEI') to support hydrogen infrastructure. This IPCEI is expected to boost the supply of renewable hydrogen, thereby reducing dependency on natural gas and helping [...]
Maximizing Renewable Energy Efficiency: Insights from CEO of RWE Offshore Wind
Sven Utermƶhlen, CEO of RWE Offshore Wind GmbH, sheds light on the imperative need to address grid congestion challenges in Germany, which resulted in the wastage of over 4,000 GWh of offshore electricity in 2022 ā an amount exceeding the annual [...]
50Hertz holding company Eurogrid successfully places Green Bonds with a volume of 1,5 billion euros
Eurogrid, the parent company of transmission system operator 50Hertz, secured funds totaling 1,5 billion euros with its third and fourth Green Bond to continue the necessary grid expansion for the energy transition. It is the highest bond amount in the history [...]
German offshore wind industry: 2023 expansion overview and policy considerations
The industry associations of the German offshore wind industry and the non-profit OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE foundation presented yesterday the expansion figures for the full year 2023. The figures prepared by the consulting company Deutsche WindGuard show that a total of 27 turbines with [...]
Network regulation to become faster and less bureaucratic
On January 18, The Bundesnetzagentur published a key elements paper on the future of cost and incentive regulation in the electricity and gas network sectors. "Network operators are successfully making considerable efforts to meet the challenges of the energy transition. We [...]
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