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From bystanders to partners: How to ensure the new Citizens Energy Package effectively engages EU citizens in a clean energy future?
By Niklavs Tamanis, Veronica Saletti, Marco Costa, Marina Fernández-Campoamor - EUSEW Young Energy Ambassadors Citizens still struggle to join Europe’s clean energy transition. This article tests two practical approaches that turn hosts into partners: energy communities, where citizens co-own and share power, [...]
In 2025, the Nordex Group accounted for approx. 32% of new onshore wind turbine installations (MW) in Germany
Hamburg, 15 January 2026. In 2025, the Nordex Group was responsible for supplying more than 31% of all newly-grid connected onshore wind turbines installations (in MW) in Germany. Data from the German Onshore Wind Energy Agency (Fachagentur Windenergie an Land) confirm that [...]
Estonian Government approved a development plan to make the energy sector more reliable, affordable and cleaner
Estonian Government approved the National Development Plan of the Energy Sector until 2035 (ENMAK 2035), drafted by the Ministry of Climate. The plan sets the goals of ensuring energy security, increasing national competitiveness, and facilitating the transition to a clean energy [...]
Baltica 9: A coherent portfolio and economies of scale. Bartosz Fedurek on PGE’s offshore strategy
The Baltica 9 project, developed jointly with FEW Baltic II as the Baltica 9+ undertaking with a total capacity of approximately 1.3 GW, strengthens PGE Group’s position as a key player in the Polish offshore wind market. Bartosz Fedurek, President and [...]
Use of artificial intelligence saved Equinor USD 130 million in 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) contributed to value creation and savings for Equinor and its partners amounting to USD 130 million in 2025. AI is now utilized on offshore platforms and land facilities to solve industrial tasks on a large scale in a [...]
Ostwind 3 grid connection project on the home stretch: Offshore platform precisely installed in the sea off Rügen
Windanker wind farm is to feed electricity into the 50Hertz transmission grid from October. Stefan Kapferer: "50Hertz is making a significant contribution to tapping the great wind energy potential of the Baltic Sea." Work on the OST-6-1 grid connection project for the Gennaker wind farm [...]
Growth in renewable energy in 2025
The Bundesnetzagentur has released its preliminary figures on growth in renewable electricity generation capacity in 2025. Renewable installed capacity increased by nearly 21 gigawatts (GW) to a total of just under 210 GW. This represents a year-on-year increase of 11%. The increase is mainly accounted for by [...]
Cross-Border Innovation: Building a Stronger Nordic–Baltic Defence Ecosystem
At Estonian Defence Week, one of the most thought-provoking sessions was the panel on Cross-Border Innovation Cooperation, featuring insights from Jaan Kokk (Superangel), Kati Pärn (Startup Estonia), and Mika Rantakokko (VTT Finland). The discussion highlighted the urgent need for regional collaboration [...]
BEE on the EEG amendment: Renewables are the foundation of energy supply
The German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) presented a position paper on the planned EEG amendment. In it, the association shows how the transformation course that has been embarked upon can be consistently continued and systemically optimized. “The upcoming EEG amendment will [...]
Industry demands protection of network data after attacks in Germany
Alleged sabotage of a cable bridge in Berlin has sparked a debate in Germany that strikes at the foundations of renewable energy investment planning. The German association BDEW is appealing: we must stop serving up data on critical infrastructure “on a [...]
windpunx and solarpunx realign management
- Realignment strengthens operational structures and accelerates growth in dynamic market environment Berlin - windpunx GmbH & Co. KG and solarpunx GmbH & Co. KG have realigned their management structure in order to meet increased market demands and accelerate the development [...]
Poland standardizes future professions in the energy sector: Recruitment of experts by the Ministry of Energy
The Polish Ministry of Energy has announced a key recruitment drive for specialists who will help define professional qualification standards in the power sector. This initiative is of fundamental importance for energy security and the pace of transformation in the Baltic [...]
Young source rock proven common in the Norwegian Sea
1/6/2026 For the first time, a new scientific publication has documented a young source rock with widespread presence in the Norwegian Sea. The presence of a source rocks is the number one prerequisite for forming petroleum. Documentation of a new source rock can create new [...]
Press invitation – Status of offshore wind energy expansion in Germany in 2025
The first German offshore wind farm, Alpha Ventus, went into operation in 2010. In 2025 – 15 years later – the offshore industry faced various challenges: for the first time, there were no bids in a tender in August 2025. In [...]
How to secure offshore energy infrastructure – conference in Warsaw
On January 15, 2026, during the second edition of EnergySecurityCongress.pl in Warsaw, discussions and presentations will be held on the security of offshore energy infrastructure. During four dedicated sessions, debates will be held on the legal changes needed to better secure [...]
Why the Baltic Sea moved to the centre of Europe’s energy map
As Europe’s energy landscape evolves new strategic hotspots for resilience and growth are emerging, notably the Baltic Sea. The countries of the Baltic Sea region and Central and Eastern Europe have built their energy policies around security of supply for many [...]
Europe’s three-fold solar and wind growth sparks urgent grid investment, Aurora finds
Aurora’s latest report analyses the state of Europe’s power grid and outlines measures to address issues such as grid congestion, connection delays, and restricted cross-border capacity, now increasingly evident in many parts of Europe. (BERLIN) AURORA ENERGY RESEARCH— A new analysis by the [...]
Nine bat species have been identified along the Kurzeme coast as a part of EIA
To assess the potential impact of the offshore wind park on bats, in March of 2025 the joint Estonian – Latvian project ELWIND signed an agreement with the Polish company “3Bird”, which has extensive experience and studied the impact of offshore [...]
Maintaining security by ensuring our defence readiness: Foreign Minister Wadephul visits Lithuania
Lithuania and Germany are the closest of partners in the European Union and in NATO. Not only do we share common values, but we are also united by action as we assume greater responsibility than ever before for the security of our [...]
AI and Energy: the dynamic duo shaping the power grid
By Mbuwir Brida, EUSEW Young Energy Ambassador Have you tried asking ChatGPT what the world’s most pressing challenge is? It ranks climate change as the first challenge. So how about we use the technology behind ChatGPT to solve that challenge? The most [...]
PGE and Ørsted select contractor for commissioning of Baltica 2 onshore substation
A joint-venture of PGE and Ørsted developing the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm has selected the company responsible for commissioning of the onshore transformer station located in the Choczewo municipality in Pomerania. The task will be performed by the Polish company [...]
Baltic Power launches second round of Transitional Compensation Payments for Fishermen
Baltic Power will begin a second round of compensation payments to fishermen under its Transitional Compensation Scheme. This next stage of the program continues the support launched in 2024, when nearly 100 eligible fishing vessel owners received compensation. From 1 January [...]
Orsted and Skyborn joint venture moves to court (again) over US lease suspension as project nears completion
Revolution Wind LLC has announced that it will seek a preliminary injunction against the lease suspension order issued by the US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), escalating a dispute that now threatens one of the most [...]
Ignitis Gamyba Allocates €1.1 Million in Humanitarian Aid for Ukraine’s Critical Infrastructure
From September 2024 to this October, Ignitis Gamyba allocated €1.1 million in humanitarian aid to support the restoration of Ukraine’s war‑damaged energy infrastructure. According to the European Commission, this is the largest logistical operation it has ever coordinated. The European Commission’s announcement is [...]
Transmission network ready for power from the first offshore wind farms
On December 30, Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne confirmed the technical readiness of the transmission infrastructure to receive power from offshore wind farms. All the necessary stations and lines have successfully passed voltage tests. “The new Choczewo station, the expanded Żarnowiec station, and [...]
