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EIB provides €450 million to Prysmian to facilitate electricity transmission and distribution in Europe
Operations will take place in Finland, Italy and France. The new funds will go towards manufacturing extra-high-voltage submarine power cables and high-voltage onshore cables, and other upgrades to existing cables. The project supports the objectives of REPowerEU, for which the EIB [...]
Bornholm Energy Island on the list of Renewable Energy Cross-border Projects under the CEF Energy
The European Commission has announced that three 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). One of theme is [...]
IRENA: Tripling Renewables by 2030 Requires a Minimum of 16.4% Annual Growth Rate
Record growth in renewables must be significantly topped up in the remaining 7 years to meet the UAE Consensus energy target set at COP28 according to the latest The Renewable Energy Statistics 2024 of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) released in [...]
Another step in implementing Pomeranian Centre of Competence for Offshore Renewable Energy – cooperation with Baltic Industrial Group
Baltic Industrial Group (GP Baltic) and the City of Rumia have established cooperation. On 24 July 2024, a Letter of Intent was signed by the President of GP Baltic Adam Kowalski and the Mayor of Rumia Michał Pasieczny. The cooperation is [...]
Production of key components for Baltic Power’s offshore wind farm is underway
Preparations for the installation of the Baltic Power farm are gaining momentum, and domestic companies are playing an important role in the process. Power stations are being built in Gdansk and Gdynia, which will receive energy from the turbines and transmit [...]
Offshore wind auctions in the Baltic Sea region: Insights from the EU RES Auctions Platform
The European Union has launched a new platform that consolidates key data on offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea. The RES Auctions Platform is a deliverable of the EC Communication Wind Power Action Plan (COM(2023) 669 final). This platform consolidates [...]
Installation of half the Baltic Eagle offshore wind turbines completed
As reported in Iberdrola's mid-2024 financial update, 25 out of the planned 50 wind turbines for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in Germany have now been installed. Baltic Eagle is on track to become operational by the end of 2024, [...]
EIB provides €450 million to Prysmian for offshore wind and cable manufacturing upgrades
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Prysmian, world leader in the power and telecom cables sector, have signed a new, €450 million finance contract to facilitate electricity transmission and distribution in Europe. With a view to meeting the growing demand for [...]
SEB will provide a 125 million euro green loan to construct a wind farm in northern Lithuania
The financing is intended for the Akmenė Two project developed by Aquila Clean Energy EMEA, the clean energy arm of German investment management firm Aquila Group. Akmenė Two will have an onshore capacity of 99.2 megawatts (MW) and consist of 16 [...]
Tele-Fonika Kable S.A. to supply cables for construction of key infrastructure of Baltica 2 offshore wind farm
Tele-Fonika a global supplier of HV and EHV cable systems for the renewable energy sector, has been selected for the Baltica 2 project, with a capacity of approximately 1.5 GW, by Polimex Mostostal and GE Power. The company will build the [...]
This is how the Baltic Power service base in Łeba is being built
Intensive construction work is underway on the service base for Baltic Power's future offshore wind farms. ERBUD is responsible for the work. The company boasted photos of the construction site on LinkedIn. From 2026, the base will service 76 turbines that [...]
Qualitas Energy wins tender, orders Nordex turbines for 39.9 MW wind farm in Germany
Qualitas Energy, a global investment, management, and project development platform focused on renewable energy, energy transition, and sustainable infrastructure investment, announced that it has secured the winning tender from Federal Network Agency’s (BNetzA) for a 39.9 MW greenfield project in Dalkendorf, [...]
Germany’s wind power surge: onshore and offshore growth in 2024
The Bundesnetzagentur has released its preliminary figures on growth in renewable capacity in the first half of 2024. From January to June capacity totalling 9.3 GW was put into operation at renewable energy installations. Taking into account the closure of older [...]
Navantia Seanergies-Windar Renovables will build 21 monopiles for Windanker offshore wind farm
Navantia Seanergies and Windar Renovables will manufacture 21 monopiles for Iberdrola for the Windanker offshore wind farm. This is the second monopiles contract for Iberdrola and the fourth contract of this type of foundations for the Navantia-Windar alliance to date. Production [...]
Ignitis Renewables is starting an education programme for children: a hands-on introduction to offshore wind farms
Ignitis Renewables, the developer of the first Lithuanian offshore wind farm (Curonian Nord) has started a special education programme designed to introduce children to offshore wind farms through games and hands-on experiences. Children of a Palanga kindergarten, Ąžuoliukas, were the first [...]
Finnish Wind Power Association: Wind power becoming the largest renewable electricity producer in 2024
According to statistics compiled by Finnish Wind Power Association in June, wind power construction continues to be strong. At the beginning of the year 2024, 60 new power plants with a total capacity of 377 megawatts were built in Finland. Including [...]
Metsähallitus’ offshore wind power project nature surveys to start in the waters off Närpiö, Pyhäjoki and Raahe
Nature surveys for Metsähallitus’ Edith and Ebba offshore wind power projects will be launched in the waters off Närpiö, Pyhäjoki and Raahe. During the summer and autumn of 2024, the current status of the areas’ birds and zoobenthos, as well as [...]
European Council’s Strategic Agenda 2024-2029 – green transition as a one of key priorities
Every five years, EU leaders agree on the EU’s political priorities for the future. This takes place in the context of the European Parliament elections and ahead of the appointment of each European Commission. Strategic Agenda for the period 2024-2029 sets [...]
PSE and Litgrid signed cooperation agreement to build Harmony Link interconnector as overland line
PSE and Litgrid, transmission system operators in Poland and Lithuania, respectively, signed anagreement on cooperation on the implementation of Harmony Link interconnector as an overland line. The agreement establishes the general basis of cooperation between PSE and Litgrid for implementing the [...]
Joint call of German wind industry to strengthen supply chains and ports
Six German organizations dealing wind offshore wind energy development – Bundesverband WindEnergie e.V. (BWE), Bundesverband Windenergie Offshore e.V. (BWO), OFFSHORE-WINDENERGIE Foundation,VDMA Power Systems, WAB e.V., WindEnergy Network e.V. (WEN) - released joint pressrelease to flag the need to Strengthen supply chains [...]
European Commission approves €194 million Polish investment aid underthe Recovery and Resilience Facility for offshore wind terminal in Gdańsk seaport
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a Polish support measure of approximately €194 million (PLN 900.45 million) for the construction of an offshore wind terminal in the seaportof Gdańsk. The new terminal will serve as installation terminal to build offshore [...]
Ørsted successfully pilots new technology that further optimises offshore wind monopile installation
Building on existing marine life protections, Ørsted has developed a new, lower-noise installation method that could potentially revolutionise the way offshore wind foundations are installed. The groundbreaking new technology has been successfully tested in Germany, proving that this innovative approach can [...]
Polish Wind Energy Pavilion at WindEnergy in Hamburg
For years, the Polish Wind Energy Pavilion of the Polish Wind Energy Association has been a fixed point for promoting and strengthening our country's position among the leaders of Europe's green transformation. The international WindEnergy trade fair will take place from [...]
Pomeranian Voivode greenlights Bałtyk 2 offshore wind farm
In a significant move for Poland's renewable energy sector, the Pomeranian Voivode has granted permission for the construction of the Bałtyk 2 offshore wind farm. This decision, based on current building regulations and the Act on Promoting Electricity Generation in Offshore [...]
NeXtWind and VSB Group enters into a cooperation for a 115.2 MW wind farm in Saxony-Anhalt
NeXtWind hosted a joint owners' event to inform the owners about the cooperation between the two project developers on the Zörbig repowering project. The future pooling of joint resources and the great expertise of both companies - and not least the [...]
