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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 [...]
Deepwater foundations: why the 60-90 metre gap matters to the Baltic supply chain
The Baltic is too shallow to need Neretek's BC90 foundation. But the factories, quays and welders that a 60-90 metre foundation class would draw on are already working on Baltica 2.
Alterric raises syndicated green loan to €350m as onshore pipeline grows
Alterric has lifted its syndicated green loan from €300m to €350m, with Crédit Agricole CIB joining Commerzbank and ING, to match a development pipeline of around 11,000 MW.
Nordex wins 82 MW of community wind orders in Lower Saxony
Nordex will supply twelve turbines totalling around 82 MW for community wind projects at Erlte-Endel and the Bad Essen cluster in Lower Saxony, with commissioning planned for spring 2028.
How Germany is rewiring the economics of offshore wind
Germany's 70 GW offshore target now hinges less on ambition than on money. Three reforms — CfD auctions, the AgNes network-charge overhaul and cross-border grid links — are reshaping the economics, with clear lessons for the Baltic.
German onshore wind auctions in 2026: volumes, prices and who is winning
Germany's 2026 onshore wind auctions are heavily oversubscribed. A look at the volumes, prices and the developers — Qualitas, UKA, Alterric — shaping the market, and what it means for the Baltic.
ENOVA and Sosteneo launch new platform to grow German onshore wind fleet towards 1 GW
ENOVA has set up ENOVA Generation GmbH, majority-owned by Sosteneo, taking on eleven German wind farms (~350 MW) with a target of 1 GW.
WindEurope backs Cycling4Climate rides in Belgium and Poland this September
WindEurope is backing two Cycling4Climate rides in September: Brussels on 12 September and Szczecin on 19 September, the latter with PSEW.
What ‘first power to the grid’ actually means: inside offshore wind commissioning
"First power to the grid" sounds like flipping a switch, but it is the visible tip of offshore wind commissioning — a sequence running from seabed surveys and cable trenching to onshore substation tests and grid-operator compliance. Baltic Power and Baltica 2 show how it works.
RWE takes USD 1.22bn to hand back US offshore leases as Washington keeps buying projects out
RWE will receive USD 1.22 billion for returning its US offshore wind leases, the latest project buy-back under the Trump administration. Capital freed from cancelled US commitments could flow toward European and Baltic pipelines instead.
Germany’s WindSeeG reform draft: BWO backs CfDs but wants a stronger auction design
Germany's BMWE has opened consultation on the 2026 WindSeeG amendment, introducing two-sided CfDs and a 35-year operating life. The offshore association BWO backs the direction but says the two-stage tender model must not turn price protection into a last resort.