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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 [...]
Baltic Sea interior ministers coordinate response to drone threats
Interior ministers of nine Baltic Sea states met in Helsinki to coordinate joint measures against drone threats to critical infrastructure and public safety.
GWEC urges governments to fast-track offshore wind against energy shocks
GWEC's 2026 report urges governments to fast-track offshore wind, warning that auctions slowed to 11.4 GW in 2025 even as 25 GW of projects sit ready to build.
European Energy extends management of six Polish wind farms with Enea
European Energy will keep managing six Polish wind farms totalling more than 83 MW for Enea Nowa Energia until the end of 2027.
EIB completes €250 million financing for Lithuania’s Kelmė wind farm
The European Investment Bank has added a €150 million loan for Lithuania's 314 MW Kelmė wind farm, bringing its total backing to €250 million.
ENGIE and European Energy to develop 150 MW hydrogen project in Denmark
ENGIE and European Energy will develop a 150 MW renewable hydrogen plant near Kassø in Denmark, targeting operations around 2030 and supply to Germany.
Nordex wins 484 MW in new US turbine orders
The Nordex Group has booked three new US orders totalling 484 MW, covering 88 turbines from its N133 and N163 platforms.
Rostock to build offshore converter platform in EUR 2.5 billion boost for German supply chain
Grid operator 50Hertz will have an offshore converter platform built at the NEPTUN shipyard in Rostock, in contracts worth up to EUR 2.5 billion that could create more than 500 jobs in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
German Bundesrat backs offshore wind reform as BWO renews call for two-sided CfDs
Germany's Bundesrat has adopted a resolution backing offshore wind reform, taking up BWO proposals for an indexed two-sided CfD auction design, cross-border cooperation and a route to return non-viable awarded sites.
wpd brings its first Japanese onshore wind farm online under corporate PPA
wpd has started commercial operation of Higashi Izu Furusato, its first onshore wind farm in Japan, a 7.48 MW project supplying a corporate buyer in Tokyo under a power purchase agreement.
4:energy marks five years and moves into wind with 46 MW of new mandates
O&M specialist 4:energy has marked five years by taking on two wind farms totalling 46 MW in Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein, crossing 500 MW under management across more than 100 special-purpose vehicles.