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SeaSapphire – new joint venture powered by Eolus and Simply Blue Group begins development of 4 floating wind farms in the Baltic Sea
The joint venture named SeaSapphire, powered by Eolus and Simply Blue Group, is commencing the development of four commercial scale floating offshore wind parks in The Baltic Sea –two projects in Sweden and two in Finland. Simply Blue Group, is an [...]
Some investors may receive offshore licenses at the turn of the year
Poland's infrastructure ministry is expected to announce the results of offshore wind farm concession granting proceedings for five areas in the Baltic Sea at the turn of 2022 and for another six in May 2023. As part of the second round [...]
Tender for the Baltic Power Contract Engineer Service
The Baltic Power Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) is a project under development, located in the Polish Exclusive Economic Zone in the Baltic Sea. The offshore location license covers a total area of approximately 131 km2 and the buildable area available for [...]
Ørsted backs nature restoration in Danish coastal zones for the benefit of both biodiversity and climate
The Limfjord Council is heading a DKK 100 million EU project in Denmark aimed at restoring coastal areas, beach meadows, and shallow fjord areas. The fjords ‘Limfjord’ and ‘Mariager Fjord’ and the seaside area ‘Nærå Strand’ make up the framework for [...]
Polish power grids development plan 2023-2032 – a response to offshore wind development in the Baltic Sea
A Polish power grid operator (PSE) has presented a plan for the development of the transmission system until 2032. Offshore wind energy is one of the key areas of system transformation. It is followed by investments in infrastructure for power output [...]
Bornholm energy island is blazing the trail for offshore expansion in the baltic sea
Energinet and 50Hertz (Danish and Germany’s TSO) have now reached an important next step in their cooperation on Energy Island Bornholm. In November, they expanded their existing cooperation with new agreements on, amongst other things, ownership and costs of the power [...]
Offshore wind energy as a vaccine for the energy crisis
The year of the Sector Deal for the development of offshore wind energy in Poland, achievements and further plans - this was the topic of a panel at the Conference of the Parties to the Sectoral Agreements, held in Warsaw on [...]
Polish offshore farms to be secured against terrorist attacks
Potential threats to offshore wind farms, ways to protect them, and legal aspects of the security of operation of these facilities are the subject of the analysis "Protection of energy infrastructure in the aspect of offshore wind energy development in Polish [...]
Fraunhofer IWES: Successful measuring campaign for 50Hertz in the Baltic Sea
Sassnitz, November 2022. The Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES has successfully completed a boulder detection campaign off the coast of the island of Rügen in the German Baltic Sea on behalf of 50Hertz. In order to allow efficient planning [...]
Acceleration of clean and just transition to renewable energy needed to meet COP27 agreements
The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 closed on November 20th with an agreement to provide “loss and damage” funding for vulnerable countries hit hard by climate disasters. “This outcome moves us forward” said Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary. [...]
Gajowiecki, PWEA: Offshore wind energy becomes a raison d’etre
The real potential of offshore wind energy in Poland and the necessary changes in the regulatory framework to fully exploit this potential were the main topics of the Offshore Wind Poland conference organized by PWEA on 16 and 17 October in [...]
Energy islands are the future of offshore wind energy
So far 30 GW offshore wind farms in Europe are nearly all connected to the energy system through subsea power cables that run to mother country. As WindEurope indicates in the not-too-distant future many of them will connect to new “energy [...]
WindEurope: EU countries’ offshore spatial plans will allow the generation of 220 GW of offshore wind power
EU countries have earmarked around 52,000 km2 for wind energy development, as shown in WindEurope's analysis of offshore spatial plans. Such an area, if fully utilized, will allow the installation of 220 GW of wind power. Among the leaders are Belgium [...]
Lucas Bryk: Neopolia shows how to integrate and strengthen regional resources for offshore wind development
Poland's offshore wind power industry, while thriving, is still at an early stage of development. The Polish Energy Policy until 2040, adopted last year, assumes that offshore wind farms will be one of the foundations of a new, zero-carbon energy sector [...]
PWEA: Poland’s potential in the Baltic is 33 GW
Poland’s offshore wind potential is 33 GW, according to estimates from the Offshore Wind Poland conference. The new PWEA report also indicates 20 new areas in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea, including 18 in the exclusive economic zone and [...]
Frédéric Billet: Launching offshore wind projects is a big challenge for the country and its economy as a whole
Development of offshore wind energy in Poland is the path to green, cheap energy, which will help greatly to ensure energy security and reduce the risk of energy poverty. Such a process requires long-term strategies, partnerships with the local community and [...]
Estonian government: we aim to expedite development of renewable energy
Estonian government approved activities designed to streamline the transition to the use of renewable energy at cabinet meeting on November 10th. The country has set itself the goal of producing as much renewable electricity by 2030 as its total annual consumption. [...]
FWPA: over 13 GW offshore wind planned in Finland
According to the Finnish Wind Power Association’s (FWPA) half-year review of wind power projects, in addition to onshore wind power, potential offshore wind power areas are also of interest to project operators. There are currently 13 offshore wind power projects planned, [...]
Linklaters: The wind of change for the Polish energy sector is blowing strongly from the Baltic Sea
For Poland, the Baltic has always been a window to the world. Today, it is also an opportunity for Poland to become independent from coal-based energy through the development of offshore wind energy in the Polish exclusive economic zone. This new [...]
Germany: broad agreement to reach 30 GW capacity target in the Baltic and North Sea by 2030
The German Federal Ministry for Economics and Climate Action has announced new targets for offshore wind energy. The plan is to accelerate offshore investment in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea - to reach a target of 30 GW in [...]
Lithuania begins legislative work on second offshore wind farm
Last week the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania has presented a draft legislative act on offshore wind development that will enable works on the second offshore wind park. As summarized on Linkedin by Dr Paulius Zapolskis, dealing with [...]
Jakub Budzynski, PTMEW: Poland as offshore industry hub for the Baltic region
Polish industry has a great opportunity to permanently strengthen its position in global supply chains of the offshore wind energy sector. We are already a leader in the Baltic. The key to seizing this opportunity is to build competence, develop cooperation [...]
GWO: Wind Limited Access Standard released
Global Wind Organisation (GWO) released the Wind Limited Access Standard. This new standard was developed to provide a minimum viable safety training for infrequent visitors to onshore and offshore wind turbine generators (WTG) environments when supervised by at least two GWO [...]
Ilmatar begins comprehensive seabed survey for 2.1 GW offshore wind energy project north of Åland
The Finnish energy company Ilmatar is starting a technical survey of the seabed over an area of 600 square kilometres north of Åland. The planned wind farm is intended to be connected to both Sweden and Finland and is projected to supply around [...]
