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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 [...]
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.
Baltic Power, step by step: how Poland built its first offshore wind farm
Poland's first offshore wind farm has gone from empty seabed to first power in under two years. Here is how Baltic Power was built — and what comes after the turbines are switched on.
Bremen firm energy grid service secures VDE certification for in-house grid controller
energy grid service has received the final VDE component certificate for its self-developed P6-EnergyControlSystem 3.1 grid controller, clearing it for use in wind, solar and hybrid plants.
Germany’s battery storage additions hit record in first half of 2026
Battery storage additions in Germany hit a new record in the first half of 2026, with IWR warning that the market is outpacing federal energy policy.