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Ørsted to launch H2RES electrolyzer demonstrator in the first half of 2022
Danish energy company Ørsted said in its latest 2021 report that the 2 MW H2RES electrolyzer demonstrator, which uses energy from offshore wind farms, will be activated in the first half of 2022. In May 2021, Dan Jørgensen, Denmark's The [...]
Fugro has secured a contract to undertake cable route surveys for the Energy Island project
The Energy Island will serve as an offshore power plant distributing up to 10 GW of offshore wind to Denmark and other neighbouring markets. Fugro will perform a combination of geophysical, geotechnical services and laboratory testing to provide valuable insight [...]
Metsähallitus strengthens staff in the offshore wind area. Heidi Vest has joined the team
Finnish state-owned company Metsähallitus, which is developing the Korsnäs offshore wind farm project, is strengthening its staff. Heid Vest has joined the team as a wind project expert in the Baltic Sea. Vest took up her [...]
How to connect Bornholm to the Energy Island? Energinet analyzes technical possibilities
Danish electricity system operator Energinet has announced that it is ready to design high-voltage substations so that Bornholm’s power grid can be effectively connected to new energy projects. We are talking about the construction of the [...]
Cross-border consultations on the Arkona offshore wind farm project in Sweden are underway
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a cross-border consultation on the Arkona offshore wind farm, which is to be built in Sweden’s exclusive economic zone in the southern Baltic Sea between the islands of Ystad [...]
The European Union will support the second phase of projects within the framework of synchronization of the Baltic States
The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) coordination committee has positively assessed and approved the application submitted by the transmission system operators from the Baltic countries – Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, and Poland. The financial aid will reach 170 [...]
Next companies join the race for new offshore wind concessions in Poland
We reported on BalticWind.EU that on 21 January 2022, Poland’s Ministry of Infrastructure published three announcements regarding new concessions for offshore wind energy. Several companies have declared their will to take part in the proceedings, others [...]
Ørsted ranked world’s most sustainable energy company and publishes climate leadership handbook
Ørsted was ranked as the world’s most sustainable energy company on Corporate Knight’s 2022 Global 100 index for the fourth year running. From the frontline of climate action, Ørsted shares a handbook on how governments and [...]
EOLOS has been awarded the wind resource and metocean measuring campaign for the Baltica-1
PGE Baltica has signed a two-year turn-key campaign with EOLOS Floating Lidar Solutions after a competitive public tender process that concluded earlier this month. This new campaign in the Baltic Sea adds yet another reference in [...]
PGE and Ørsted seek a contractor for Baltica offshore wind farm construction project
PGE and Ørsted have launched a tender for the preparation of a Building Permit for two phases of the Baltica Offshore Wind Farm, i.e. Baltica 3 with a capacity of approx. 1045 MW and Baltica 2 [...]
Poland launches another concession granting procedure for offshore wind
On 21 January 2022, Poland’s Ministry of Infrastructure published three announcements regarding new offshore wind energy concessions. Three additional offshore areas will soon be available to next operators. Some companies have communicated that they will not [...]
First offshore wind power research permits granted for Finland’s exclusive economic zone
The Government has granted research permits for three offshore wind power projects in Finland’s exclusive economic zone. Wpd Finland Oy was granted a permit on 20 January 2022 for the research area west of Jakobstad. OX2 Finland Oy received permits [...]
Service port for Baltic Power offshore wind farm to be built in Łeba
Baltic Power has won a lease contract for land at the Łeba seaport to support its offshore wind farm. It will accommodate service facilities to support the wind farm project, scheduled for 2024–2026. During that time, about 70 wind turbines with [...]
CORROSION enters into partnership with CO-MADE on offshore wind energy
Dutch sustainable anti-fouling and solution provider – CORROSION – announces a new international partnership to further expand reach and sustainable journey in the offshore wind and maritime market. – This time we set foot in Poland [...]
James Fisher Renewables secures high voltage safety management commissioning contract for Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm
EDS HV Group, part of James Fisher Renewables (JF Renewables) has won a multimillion-pound contract to provide the high voltage safety management commissioning phase at Iberdrola’s Baltic Eagle Offshore Wind Farm, off the coast of the [...]
Ørsted and PGE seek ship service providers for offshore wind farms in Poland
Danish investor Ørsted is seeking contractors to provide transportation and installation services for the 1 GW Baltica 3 and 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farms in Poland, on the Baltic Sea. A qualification notice has [...]
Poland and Latvia discuss energy security and offshore wind investments in the Baltic Sea
Deputy Prime Minister of Poland and Minister of State Assets, Jacek Sasin, began an economic visit to Latvia on January 14. Representatives of Poland and Latvia talked about issues related to, among others, energy […]
Polish-Lithuanian summit talks on development of offshore wind energy
Minister of Climate and Environment of Poland, Anna Moskwa, met with Vice-Minister of Energy of Lithuania, Daiva Garbaliauskaitė. The meeting, which took place on January 13, 2021, concerned the possibility of cooperation in the area of gas energy and RES, in [...]
Offshore wind energy investors call for reforms in Sweden
Offshore wind power is needed to meet the growing electricity demand, argues Swedish wind energy association Svensk Vindenergi. The investors call for several reforms to accelerate the development of wind turbines in offshore areas. […]
BSH wants to designate additional areas for offshore wind farms Consultations are ongoing
The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) started the procedure for updating the marine spatial plan for offshore wind energy development (FEP) in December 2021. Comments can be submitted until January 18, 2022. The German [...]
Sweden could lead the Baltic region in ‘green’ steel production
Produkcja stali i morska energetyka wiatrowa to dwa obszary, które są coraz bardziej zależne od siebie. Nie będzie wiatraków bez stali, natomiast „zielonej” stali – bez produkcji OZE i bezemisyjnego wodoru. Pierwsze kroki w bezemisyjnej produkcji [...]
IMCA finalises Guidelines for Walk to Work (W2W) Operations
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has expanded its ‘Guidelines for Walk to Work (W2W) Operations’ (IMCA M254). Originally published in October 2020, the guidelines were produced to help standardise the way in which vessels give personnel safe access to [...]
RWE and Northland Power to jointly develop 1.3 GW offshore wind cluster off the German coast
RWE and Northland Power strengthen their position in the German offshore market The companies have joined forces to co-develop a 1.3 gigawatts (GW) cluster of offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. The partners have [...]
Denmark announces new Power-to-X strategy
The Danish Government has released a proposal for a new strategy to promote and navigate the future development of Power-to-X (PtX) projects in Denmark. The Danish PtX strategy aims at reducing CO2 emissions, balancing the Danish [...]
Lithuanian Energy Agency seeks a contractor for wind speed measurements and seabed surveys
The Lithuanian Energy Agency has extended the previously announced deadline for submitting tenders for the implementation of wind speed measurements, water, and geological surveys of the seabed in the Lithuanian maritime territory until January 24, 2022. [...]
