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Bałtyk 2 and 3, step by step: how Polenergia and Equinor’s offshore build went from rock on the seabed to first foundations
A tracker of the Bałtyk 2 and 3 offshore wind build: rock placement, first foundations, substation topsides, the onshore grid link and the milestones still ahead before first power in 2027.
Estonia and Latvia’s offshore wind is still on the drawing board: what ELWIND and Liivi have done, and what comes next
Estonia and Latvia have no offshore turbines yet, but the ELWIND and Liivi projects now have design contracts, a seal survey and a year of wind data. Here is where they stand and what comes next.
Skyborn closes €2.1bn financing for 976.5 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm in German Baltic
Skyborn Renewables and the EIB announced financial close on Gennaker, a 976.5 MW offshore wind farm off Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, with €2.1 billion of debt from 16 banks and the EIB. Commercial operation is targeted for the end of 2028.
How Poland’s offshore wind year began: Baltic Power, Baltica 2 and Baltic East in one sequence
A roundup of the early-2026 milestones across Poland's three offshore wind projects, from Baltic Power's fishermen compensation to Baltica 2's seabed works and Baltic East's auction price, with a look at what comes next.
wiwi consult wins 80 MW in German solar tender and shifts to wind-solar-storage hybrid projects
The Mainz developer won support for all three of its bids in the July PV tender, is building nine wind projects totalling 180 MW by 2027, and will plan every future project with battery storage.
From national to regional: how 2026 rewired cooperation around the North Sea and the Baltic
Four early-2026 forums, from the Hamburg North Sea Summit to a 47-region declaration in Stockholm, converged on cross-border offshore planning. A roundup of what they decided and what the Baltic can borrow.
600 industry representatives sail to German North Sea wind farms; Husum Wind and WAB commit to repeat excursion in 2028
Around 600 wind-sector representatives toured German North Sea wind farms aboard the FRS Halunder Jet on 31 August; Husum Wind and WAB now plan a repeat excursion in 2028.
Poland’s PLN 214 billion onshore wind plan, revisited: the assumptions behind the number
The industry strategy values Poland's onshore wind market at up to PLN 214 billion by 2040, but the figure rests on 1.5 to 2 GW of annual additions, a turbine supply chain still 75 per cent foreign, and a grid that already curtails 5 to 10 per cent of renewable output.
EIB lends Elia 1 billion euros for second phase of Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth energy island
The European Investment Bank has granted Elia Transmission Belgium a 1 billion euro green credit facility for phase two of the Princess Elisabeth Island, its largest energy infrastructure loan in the Benelux. The hub is due to connect Belgium's second offshore wind zone from 2031.
German cabinet approves WindSeeG amendment, reopening offshore auction design
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.
German wind feed-in runs 14 per cent ahead of last year through early September
German wind farms produced 87.46 billion kWh between January and early September, around 14 per cent more than a year earlier, according to IWR data. European figures for the week are incomplete after an ENTSO-E data migration failed.
Five years from permit to first power: Energiequelle commissions 4.2 MW turbine at Krummensee
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.
Oversubscribed and unbuilt: what Germany’s onshore wind auctions tell the Baltic markets
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.
Fourteen transformers reach Baltica 2 site after six-month heavy transport from Türkiye
COLI Group has completed a six-month transport of 14 power transformers from GE Vernova's Turkish factory to the onshore site for Poland's Baltica 2 offshore wind farm, using three vessels, two ports and temporary structures over bridges too weak to carry the load.
Europe on course for record wind year with 8.8 GW installed in first half of 2026
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.
Onshore wind costs 8.2 cents. Getting permission still costs years
German data puts new onshore wind at 8.2 cents per kWh against gas backup at three to four times that. Auctions are oversubscribed and capital is queueing. The bottleneck has moved entirely to permitting.
Subsea Cable Assets opens carousel rental with 4,000 and 6,000-tonne systems
Subsea Cable Assets has begun renting out cable carousels, starting with 4,000 and 6,000-tonne systems already contracted to a European client.
Why onshore wind’s next megawatts are coming from sites that already exist
Repowering and life extension are becoming a mainstream route to new onshore wind capacity in Germany and the Nordics, as permitting and grid constraints slow greenfield development.
ESVAGT service vessel to get motion-prediction radar for safer turbine transfers
NextOcean will fit its WavePredictor motion radar to the ESVAGT NJORD, a service operations vessel working at the Dudgeon offshore wind farm, to widen safe transfer windows.
Perigus Energy takes over permitted 21 MW Olpe-Rehringhausen wind project from ABO Energy
Perigus Energy has bought the rights to the 21 MW Olpe-Rehringhausen wind farm from ABO Energy. The three-turbine project was permitted in March 2026.
Renewables support 31,000 jobs in the Hamburg metropolitan region, study finds
A study for the Renewable Energies Hamburg cluster puts the sector at around 31,000 jobs and 5.3 billion euros in gross value added, with wind the largest segment at about 13,000 jobs.
Reef panels, bat sensors and gull trackers: how offshore wind builds its biodiversity evidence
From reef panels on a floating platform to ultrasonic bat sensors in Latvian waters and GPS-tagged gulls off Finland, offshore wind's environmental surveys are becoming applied marine science.
Capcora appointed to sell SOWITEC’s 32 GW renewables project portfolio
Frankfurt advisory firm Capcora will run the sale of wind project rights totalling about 32 GW held by the insolvent SOWITEC Group, including roughly 330 MW in Germany.
Świnoujście and Szczecin: how West Pomerania became Poland’s offshore wind industrial base
With 2.6 GW installed, Poland's first dedicated offshore installation port and a 6 GW project pipeline offshore, West Pomerania has the infrastructure. Whether it becomes an industrial base or a transit hub depends on local content.
Electrum passes 4 GW of Polish renewables under operations and maintenance contracts
Electrum says the renewable capacity it services under O&M contracts in Poland has passed 4 GW, up from close to 3 GW less than a year ago.
