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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 [...]
Ørsted chief Rasmus Errboe takes over as WindEurope chair, with Enel Green Power’s Bernabei as vice-chair
WindEurope has elected Ørsted CEO Rasmus Errboe as chair and Enel Green Power CEO Salvatore Bernabei as vice-chair for 18 months, in a year Europe is set to install a record 24 GW of wind.
Energiequelle commissions 4.26 MW Enercon turbine at Danna, densifying the Feldheim wind farm
Energiequelle has commissioned a 4.26 MW Enercon E-138 turbine at Danna in Brandenburg, densifying the Feldheim wind farm without designating new land.
Berlin start-up scopea combines wind measurement and independent expert assessments, launching at WindEnergy Hamburg
Berlin-based scopea GmbH launches at WindEnergy Hamburg 2026, offering wind measurement campaigns, operational analysis and independent expert assessments from one source.
EU wind research project MERIDIONAL spins off Ventoplani, a start-up selling tethered ‘windplanes’ for homes and off-grid sites
Ventoplani, a Politecnico di Milano spin-off from the Horizon Europe project MERIDIONAL, is commercialising tethered airborne 'windplanes' for homes, businesses and off-grid sites.
Lithuania’s renewables build-out: how Ignitis, Klaipėda and a prosumer boom took the country towards 7 GW
A feature on the actors behind Lithuania's rise towards 7 GW of renewables: the Kelmė wind farm and EIB financing, Ignitis's pivot to grids and storage, Klaipėda's port expansion and a prosumer boom.
Deutsche WindGuard adds AI assistant wonBOT to its WONDER asset management platform
Deutsche WindGuard Systems has added wonBOT, a natural-language AI assistant, to its WONDER wind farm asset management platform, to be shown at WindEnergy Hamburg.
Who installs the Baltic’s turbines: the vessel fleet behind the build-out, from jack-ups to Poland’s first cable-layer
An explainer on the specialist ships that build Baltic offshore wind: jack-ups with 3,200-tonne cranes, Cadeler's EUR 2.7 billion backlog, heavy-lift newbuilds due in 2028, and Poland's plan for its first cable-laying vessel.
EIB lends EUR 100 million to turn Klaipėda into a NATO-ready port with offshore wind quays
A EUR 100 million EIB loan will adapt Klaipėda's cruise terminal for NATO vessels and fund shore power, green hydrogen and offshore wind quays in a EUR 201 million programme due by end-2027.
IWR: wind, solar and storage are Germany’s best hedge against the new oil and gas price shock
After the ECB's September rate rise, Germany's IWR institute argues that renewables plus battery storage cut exposure to fossil price shocks, and warns that subsidised gas plants trading on the market would add electricity price risk.
Nordex wins 34 MW repowering order in Hesse with N175/6.X turbines on 199-metre towers
Nordex will replace five 3 MW turbines at the Rauschenberg wind farm in Hesse with five 6.8 MW N175/6.X machines on 199-metre towers for developer EEF, with generation due from summer 2028.