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“Van Oord” signs a contract for construction of an offshore wind farm support base and an oversized cargo terminal in the Port of Liepaja
In order to promote the development of the offshore wind energy industry in the Baltic Sea, one of the leading companies in the industry - Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors B.V. (Van Oord) plans to create a world-class offshore wind [...]
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 [...]
IEA Ministers invite Latvia to become Agencyās 32nd member
Ministers representing the IEA member countries today unanimously invited Latvia to become the Agencyās 32nd member, endorsing the steps the country has taken throughout its accession journey. Gathering at the IEAās 2024 Ministerial Meeting, which also marks the 50th Anniversary of [...]
The ELWIND wind park project begins cooperation with a Dutch company “Ventolines”
The Latvia-Estonia cross-border offshore wind park project ELWIND begins cooperation with the Dutch company Ventolines. This technical consultant service provider has accumulated significant experience in wind park development. "Ventolines has contributed to wind park development projects in the Netherlands, Sweden, the [...]
āBaltic Sea Offshore Wind ā 2024 Outlookā: Lasma Livzeniece, Executive Director at Latvian Wind Energy Association
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 [...]
Baltic States set to synchronise grids with continental Europe by 2025
On December 19th, the European Commission and representatives of the governments of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland signed a Political Declaration confirming their commitment to proceed at full speed to connect the electricity networks of the three Baltic States with continental [...]
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 [...]
BEMIP Electricity, Offshore and Hydrogen on the draft list of Projects of Common Interest
European Union is working on new list of Projects of Common Interest (PCI) and Projects of Mutual Interest (PMI) in the areas of electricity, offshore, hydrogen, smart grids and cross-border carbon dioxide networks. According to draft list āit identifies, among others, [...]
Elering and AST signed the memorandum to develop a new Estonian-Latvian interconnection
Estonian and Latvian electricity transmission system operators (TSO) Elering and Augstsprieguma tīkls (AST) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), with which the parties will jointly start activities for the development of the fourth Estonian-Latvian electricity interconnection. This new interconnection will increase [...]
Navigating the Skills Gap: The 2030 Horizon for European Energy Jobs
The European wind energy sector is poised for significant growth, aiming to more than double its workforce by 2030. In the context of the European Year of Skills, addressing the pressing skills gap becomes imperative to support this expansion and foster [...]
CEF Energy: two Baltic projects obtain the status to join the CB RES list
The European Commission has announced today that two more projects have obtained the status required to be part of the List of Renewable Energy Cross-border Projects (CB RES list) under the Connecting Europe Facility for Energy (CEF Energy). The list, launched [...]
Construction of offshore wind farms in H1 2023 – how is the Baltic Sea performing?
WindEurope has summarised the development of offshore wind energy in Europe in the first half of 2023. How does the Baltic Sea look in comparison to Europe? Below we present details of the projects under construction during this period. Europe built [...]
Baltic TSOs signed an agreement for synchronisation to take place in February 2025
Elering, AST and Litgrid, operators of the electricity transmission systems of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, signed an agreement on the synchronisation. According to the agreement, disconnection from the Russian-controlled system and synchronous connection to the continental European grid will take place [...]