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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 [...]
First BC-Wind monopiles arrive at Świnoujście offshore terminal
The first monopiles for Ocean Winds' 390 MW BC-Wind farm have reached the Świnoujście terminal, the first time foundations of this size have been handled at a Polish installation port.
EU energy ministers to debate network charges, winter security and post-2030 framework
Ministers meet in Luxembourg on 29 October to debate the Commission's network charges proposal, winter supply security and post-2030 energy rules, with a BEMIP meeting alongside.
EU Innovation Fund selects Stillstrom’s offshore charger for electric service vessels
Stillstrom by Maersk has won EU Innovation Fund backing to build the first commercial 8 MW offshore charger for electric service operation vessels in wind farms.
Nordex to supply nine N149/5.X turbines for 51 MW Bredenbek wind farm in Schleswig-Holstein
DenkerWulf has ordered nine Nordex N149/5.X turbines totalling 51.3 MW for the Bredenbek wind farm, with commissioning of the first unit planned for December 2027.
Finland received more than 200 comments on grid-connection priority draft, sets up working group
Finland's economy ministry received over 200 comments on its grid-connection priority draft act and will send it to Parliament in December. A working group will propose further market-law changes by March 2027.
Finland grants world’s first operating licence for spent nuclear fuel disposal facility
The Finnish Government has licensed Posiva to operate its Olkiluoto encapsulation plant and Onkalo repository until 2070, the first such licence worldwide according to the ministry.
Nordex wins first New Zealand order: 192 MW for Mercury’s Puke Kapo Hau wind farm
Nordex Group will supply 40 N133/4.8 turbines to Mercury's Puke Kapo Hau wind farm on New Zealand's South Island, with a 30-year service agreement.
Operational projects make up almost 40% of European PPA offers, LevelTen index shows
LevelTen Energy's Q3 index counts operational projects for the first time: they make up almost 40% of European PPA offers, close to 60% for wind, as gas prices rise.
Alterric CEO Frank May to leave in March 2027 as shareholders seek no contract extension
Alterric chief executive Dr Frank May will leave on 31 March 2027, having declined to extend his contract for personal reasons. The shareholders EWE and AWS thanked him.
PGE Baltica moves its head office from Warsaw to Gdańsk
PGE Baltica, the PGE Group's offshore wind company, is relocating its registered office to Gdańsk, where it already employs more than 50 people.