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Denmark puts offshore ambitions at risk as it suspends processing of projects under the Open Door scheme
Most new offshore wind farms in Denmark are established after a tendering procedure, however, the Open Door procedure is also applicable. In the Open Door procedure, a project developer takes the initiative to establish an offshore wind farm of a self-selected [...]
Port of Tallinn and Utilitas Wind to cooperate on the development of offshore wind farms
Port of Tallinn and Utilitas Wind have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of accelerating the development of offshore wind energy in Estonia and the Baltic States. Cooperation in the development, construction and maintenance of offshore wind farms will [...]
Ireneusz Zyska, Deputy Minister for Climate and Environment: The biggest challenge for the development of the sector is cost efficiency and profitability of projects
Pawel Wróbel. BalticWind.EU: More than a year ago, a sectoral agreement was signed for the development of offshore wind energy in Poland. What has been achieved since then? Ireneusz Zyska, Deputy Minister for Climate and Environment, Government Plenipotentiary for RES Development: [...]
OX2 and the Bank of Åland plan a Mega Green Port project in Åland
OX2 and the Bank of Åland’s fund management subsidiary Ålandsbanken Fondbolag, which are developing the Noatun North and Noatun South offshore wind power projects near Finland’s Åland archipelago in the Baltic Sea, have initiated a feasibility study for the planning and [...]
This week in Baltic Offshore Wind in 5 minutes – Episode 51
Episode 51 of our weekly podcast, summarising the most important news of the week, is ready to listen. You can listen to the new episode of "This week in Baltic Offshore Wind in 5 minutes" on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, [...]
Metsähallitus to lease water area to Tahkoluoto Extension offshore wind farm
Metsähallitus and Suomen Hyötytuuli have signed an access right contract by which Metsähallitus leases the public water area off the coast of Pori Tahkoluoto to Suomen Hyötytuuli for wind power production. The agreement is the first long-running access right contract for [...]
Development of RES education – key to exploiting wind potential in the Baltic Sea
Europe wants wind power capacity to increase from the current 190 GW to 510 GW by 2030. This means a large increase in the number of investments to be made in the near future. Consequently, the importance of education and labour [...]
WindEurope: Investments in wind energy are down – Europe must get market design and green industrial policy right
Investments in wind energy in Europe fell in 2022. Orders for new wind turbines were down 47% on 2021. There was not a single investment in an offshore wind farm. The problem is inflation, with costs rising at a higher rate [...]
German Federal Network Agency launches tenders in order to achieve 30 GW offshore wind energy by 2030
The Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) put out to tender four areas in the North Sea and Baltic Sea with a total capacity of 7,000 MW for offshore wind turbines that have not been centrally pre-screened. "The tenders are an important step [...]
BalticWind.EU Country Report POLAND Q4 2022
BalticWind.EU Country Report POLAND / Q4 2022 Dear Readers, I am pleased to present to you the next in a series of reports summarising the Polish offshore wind energy market. In Q4 2022, energy [...]
