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Media Partnership: Reuters Events: Expanding Ports to Achieve Large-Scale Offshore Wind Deployment
European governments have pledged to deliver 160GW of offshore wind within the next decade, requiring €6.5bn of investment in port infrastructure by 2030 to meet these ambitions. In response to these announcements, ports are finding they will need to growing their business [...]
The Baltic–German battery boom, in numbers
Sweden approved over 5 GW of battery parks in five years, Kyon Energy is building across three German states at once, and Alterric is co-locating storage with wind — a snapshot of the Baltic–German battery boom.
WindEurope opens applications for Hack the Climate 2026 in Dublin
WindEurope has opened applications for Hack the Climate 2026 in Dublin, a 28–30 September hackathon tackling renewable curtailment with partners ESB, Hitachi Energy, Microsoft and SSE Airtricity.
Nordex refinances €2.475 billion ESG-linked guarantee facility
The Nordex Group has closed a €2.475 billion ESG-linked syndicated guarantee facility running to 2031, arranged with 15 banks, which its CFO calls the completion of the company's turnaround.
Beyond the monopile: the offshore wind technology built for deeper, busier seas
Deepwater foundations, floating platforms designed to host marine life, and hybrid wave-wind-solar units point to an offshore toolbox built for the Baltic's crowded, contested seas.
Sweden rejects Eolus offshore wind projects on defence grounds
Sweden has rejected Eolus's Vaestvind and Najaderna offshore wind projects on defence grounds, part of a round rejecting 11 projects and a shift to tenders.
WindEurope opens call for abstracts for Copenhagen 2027
WindEurope has opened its call for abstracts for the 2027 Annual Event in Copenhagen (20-22 April), with a submission deadline of 4 September 2026.
RWE feeds first power into German grid from Nordseecluster A
RWE has sent first power to the German grid from Nordseecluster A, the 660 MW opening phase of its 1.6 GW North Sea offshore wind project.
Germany’s offshore reset: how 2026 rebuilt confidence in a stalled market
After a failed 2025 auction and suspended 2026 rounds, Germany has moved to reset its offshore wind market — through a North Sea investment pact, regulatory protection for existing projects, a Bundesrat reform push and cross-border cooperation that increasingly runs through the Baltic.
West Pomerania: how Poland’s western coast became an offshore wind valley
Ports, factories and a growing supply chain are turning Poland's West Pomeranian coast into the industrial base for the country's offshore wind expansion.
Poland’s wind disinformation war: what the claims say, and what the evidence shows
Familiar claims paint Polish wind power as unhealthy, unreliable and uneconomic. A growing body of research maps where those narratives come from, what they cost, and why Poland's own Grajewo model points to the answer.