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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 [...]
Wind on top, nuclear underneath: what Finland’s Onkalo decision means for the Baltic energy mix
Finland's Government may rule on Posiva's Onkalo licence from October, while Estonia builds a nuclear regulator and both Baltic neighbours study the Finnish model.
ENERTRAG opens parts and training hub for wind turbine service in Uckermark
ENERTRAG Service has opened a spare-parts warehouse and training centre at Dauerthal in Brandenburg, with around 50 technicians and twelve apprentices.
Nordex to supply six turbines for 42 MW Lambacher Höh wind farm in Rhineland-Palatinate
Nordex will deliver four N163/6.X and two N175/6.X turbines to Navaris for a 42 MW project near Bitburg, with commissioning planned for July 2028.
Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement buys 50% of Norwegian offshore crewing firm OffshoreCrew
BSM will take a 50% stake in Kristiansand-based OffshoreCrew, which keeps a database of about 30,000 offshore professionals and serves offshore wind among other sectors.
Germany’s WindSeeG amendment explained: what changes for offshore auctions
Germany's cabinet has sent the WindSeeG amendment to parliament. Two-sided CfDs, a 2,000 to 4,800 MW annual tender path and new rules on securities are the main changes for offshore auctions.
RelyOn Poland opens first OPITO-accredited offshore safety training centre in Gdańsk
RelyOn Poland has become the first training provider in Poland's Pomorze region to offer OPITO-accredited offshore safety courses, adding capacity as the Baltic's offshore wind workforce grows.
Fixing a cut cable in the Baltic: what closing the repair gap would take
EU funding for subsea cable repair covers telecom lines, not the power cables carrying offshore wind and interconnector traffic, leaving grid operators to pool their own vessels and spares as a nascent rental market fills the equipment gap.
How sabotage fears and a Swedish cable standoff are reshaping the EU’s grid interconnection drive
A wave of EU interconnection funding has collided with security fears and national pushback — from a Swedish cable freeze to a sabotage-repair fund and a Polish blackout drill.
WindEurope joins European Literacy Coalition to counter energy disinformation
WindEurope has joined the European Literacy Coalition, launched in Brussels on 22 September, committing the wind industry to tackling declining literacy skills and energy disinformation.
Beyond 10 gigawatts: how offshore wind, hydrogen and nuclear are reshaping Finland’s energy mix
Finland's combined wind and solar capacity has passed 10 GW, and a wave of offshore wind projects, a record EU hydrogen grant and a nuclear district-heating plan show how the country's energy mix keeps diversifying.