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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 [...]
GE Vernova launches GridOS for Transmission and two AI grid-planning whitepapers
GE Vernova has launched GridOS for Transmission, a unified platform for operating transmission networks, alongside two whitepapers on AI in grid planning and grid-edge operations.
Operators study Baltic Sea Hydrogen Collector to link regional offshore wind to a hydrogen market
Gasgrid Finland, Nordion Energi, OX2 and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners will study an offshore hydrogen pipeline linking Finland, Sweden and Germany by 2030 to turn Baltic offshore wind into a hydrogen market.
CBSS opens applications for 2026 Summer University on Baltic minorities and resilience
The Council of the Baltic Sea States has opened applications for its 2026 Summer University in Denmark on minorities and societal resilience across the region; the deadline is 1 July.
Climate models have caught up with observations, Hamburg study finds
A University of Hamburg study of 176 climate models finds the latest generation now matches observations so closely that data quality, not the models, is the main limitation.
NGOs urge fishing limits below scientific advice to rebuild Baltic stocks
Baltic environmental NGOs urge the EU to set 2027 fishing limits below ICES advice, warning that cod, herring and salmon stocks are failing to recover even under existing closures.
Roll Group adopts Spinergie data platform to track offshore wind logistics
Heavy-transport specialist Roll Group will use Spinergie's vessel-tracking Supply Chain module to map offshore wind logistics and spot new opportunities as the sector scales.
Repowered Scheid wind farm opened in the Eifel with citizen participation
MLK Gruppe and the eegon cooperative have opened the repowered Scheid wind farm; the first two of four Nordex N163 turbines lift capacity from 4 to 14 MW, with 27.2 MW once complete.
German wind body warns planned energy law changes could trigger crisis worse than 2017
BWE president Bärbel Heidebroek says strong permitting numbers mask a looming bottleneck: auction volumes and a flawed CfD design could stall Germany's wind boom.
NATO official: secure energy supply is central to Alliance defence
Speaking in Brussels, NATO Deputy Secretary General Radmila Shekerinska linked secure, resilient energy supplies directly to the Alliance's deterrence and defence.
EU sanctions target Russia’s shadow fleet and energy revenues
The EU's latest package lists 34 individuals and 47 entities, targeting Russia's shadow fleet, energy revenues, defence industry and propaganda networks.