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Honorary Consulate of the Kingdom of Denmark opened in Klaipeda – a chance to strengthen relations in the offshore wind sector
Jonas Nazarovas, Managing Director of AB DFDS Seaways, has become the first Honorary Consul of Denmark in the Klaipeda region. The solemn ceremony was attended by Ambassador Hans Brask and new Danish Consul Jonas Nazarovas, Klaipeda [...]
MEP Morten Petersen: The streamlining of all regulations of the Fit for 55 package is important now
BalticWind.EU informed, that MEPs set out recommendations for speeding up the deployment of offshore wind, in a report adopted on Tuesday. The report voted in the Industry, Research and Energy committee (ITRE) in response to a [...]
Dutch offshore wind industry goes on trade mission to the Baltic countries
A Dutch trade mission will visit the Baltic States from 31 January to 4 February 2022. Representatives of the Dutch offshore wind industry will look for business opportunities in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. […]
Three German companies combine their forces in the offshore wind sector
Three German companies – OWS Off-Shore Wind Solutions (OWS), Dipl.-Ing. H. Sitte & Co. Schiffsinstallationen KG, Dipl.-Ing. H. Sitte & Co. KG, Dipl.-Ing. H. Sitte & Service KG (Sitte) oraz Wind Multiplikator (WM) – announced a global [...]
The Offshore Coalition for Energy and Nature welcomes the WAB as a new member
OCEaN to welcome a new Member: The German Network for Wind Energy – WAB e.V. […]
The name of Pori Offshore Constructions will be changed to Enersense Offshore
Enersense, which acquired the entire share capital of Pori Offshore Constructions Oy on 4 October, will standardise the legal names of its companies starting on 1 December in Finland as part of the integration and brand renewal of the company. [...]
MEPs set out recommendations for speeding up the deployment of offshore wind
MEPs set out recommendations for speeding up the deployment of offshore wind, in a report adopted on Tuesday. The report voted in the Industry, Research and Energy committee in response to a European Commission communication stresses that meeting the 2030 and [...]
Danish Energy Agency and Hvidovre municipality launch public consultation on EIA of Aflandshage wind farm
The Danish Energy Agency has announced that it has launched a public consultation with the municipality of Hvidovre on the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the Aflandshage wind farm. Responses must be submitted by 20 February, [...]
French, Dutch and Canadian companies interested in offshore wind farm in Lithuania
Representatives of the Lithuanian Ministry of Energy informed during the international Electric City 2021 conference that the construction of an offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea is in high demand. Among the companies are TotalEnergies [...]
Fingrid has published a plan to develop grid by 2031. Increased forecasts for wind power
Finnish electricity system operator Fingrid has published its Grid Development Plan 2022-2031, which sets out the principles of grid planning, grid development needs and planned investments for the next ten years. The operator is also increasing [...]
City of Gävle gives green light for Utposten 2 offshore farm
Wind project developer Svea Vind Offshore has announced that Gävle City Council has given the go-ahead for the Utposten 2 wind farm in the Baltic Sea. […]
Swedish armed forces don’t want a wind farm near the Stockholm Archipelago
Plans have recently been reported that Baltic Offshore Delta offshore wind farm is planned to be build near the Stockholm Archipelago. As reported in Swedish media, the Armed Forces are tentatively saying “no” to a wind [...]
Denmark and Lithuania discuss offshore wind energy development in Klaipeda
Today in Klaipeda starts the”Offshore industry in the eastern part of the Baltic Sea: get ready for business”conference, which will bring together representatives of the offshore wind energy sector from Denmark and Lithuania, as well as [...]
OX2 and Ålandsbanken Fondbolag to begin cooperating on offshore wind farm Noatun, south of Åland
OX2 and the Bank of Åland Fondbolag Abp have signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the development of the offshore wind farm project Noatun, south of Åland. […]
PGE Baltica without Monika Morawiecka
Monika Morawiecka, CEO of PGE Baltica, announced on her Linkedin profile that she is leaving PGE Baltica, a company responsible for the development of offshore wind farms in Polish waters of the Baltic Sea. The information [...]
Klaipeda port prepares for wind turbines development in the Baltic Sea
The Klaipeda Port Development Council met on November 26 to discuss ways to accelerate the port’s preparations for offshore wind energy development. The Port of Klaipeda has the ambition to play a significant role in the [...]
Lithuania’s ambitions, DNV’s forecasts, and IOT sensors – BalticWind.EU talk with the wind industry
Today’s industry talks at the WindEurope Electric City 2021 in Copenhagen focus on the challenges of scaling offshore wind, achieving RES targets, repowering, and technologies. Our speakers included Daiva Garbaliauskaitė, Vice-Minister of Energy of Lithuania as well as Ditlev Engel, from [...]
Tekmar Energy secures CPS supply contract for Arcadis Ost 1 Offshore Wind Farm
Tekmar Energy Limited, a Tekmar Group Company, is pleased to announce a contract award by Global Offshore to supply Cable Protection Systems (CPS) for the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in Germany. […]
OX2 to commence EIA for two offshore wind projects in the Gulf of Bothnia
OX2, a company developing, building and managing renewable power generation, is about to commence the environmental impact assessment procedure for two offshore wind power projects in the Gulf of Bothnia Exclusive Economic Zones. […]
Recycling, net-zero 2050, grid development – wind industry talks in Copenhagen
Yesterday the entire wind industry came to Copenhagen to discuss the transformation of energy systems, in particular wind energy. BalticWind.EU is one of the media partners of the event. Our representatives are meeting and talking to industry representatives about the challenges [...]
50Hertz and Energinet sign cooperation agreement for offshore hub in Baltic Sea
Neighbouring transmission system operators 50Hertz (Germany) and Energinet (Denmark) seek to work together on the realisation of the ‘Bornholm Energy Island’ offshore hub by 2030. In the scope of the conference WindEurope Electric City 2021 in Copenhagen, CEOs Thomas Egebo of [...]
Estonia seeks inspiration and cooperation with Norway in offshore wind energy
Representatives of Estonian companies, looking for opportunities to develop offshore wind industry, paid a visit to Norway in order to learn about Norwegian industry and offshore potential. Estonia hopes to improve cooperation between offshore partners in [...]
Over 70 percent of Estonians support the construction of offshore wind farms
According to the latest opinion polls commissioned by the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonians mostly support the development of offshore wind farms. […]
OX2 plans to build Aurora, an offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea in the Swedish economic zone
RES developer OX2 is planning to build an offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea in the Swedish economic zone. The Aurora wind power plant will be located 20-30 km off the coast of Gotland and [...]
Wind will be half of electricity in a climate neutral Europe. WindEurope Electric City 2021 starts today
WindEurope’s 2021 annual event, “Electric City”, starts today. The three-day conference and exhibition will gather 400 exhibitors and more than 8,000 participants in Copenhagen’s Bella Center to explore the role of wind-based electrification in Europe’s future energy system. By establishing new [...]
