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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 [...]
Local content in Polish offshore wind: from pledge to purchase order
Polish offshore wind has moved local content from strategy documents into signed contracts — towers, foundations, FEED work and permits. A look at which parts of the chain Poland has captured, and which remain out of reach.
IWR analysis: Germany’s new energy policy course points to higher power prices
An IWR analysis argues that Germany's capacity market, EEG amendment and grid connection package shift system control to regulated monopolies and will push electricity prices up rather than down.
BWO online talk to examine ETS reform and the offshore wind steel supply chain
BWO hosts an online panel on 26 August with Peter Liese MEP, Steelwind Nordenham, Salzgitter and Ørsted on what ETS revision means for offshore wind steel.
MacGregor gangway certified for transfers between two floating vessels
DNV has certified MacGregor's Horizon gangway for floating-to-floating personnel transfer, using a redesigned tip and LiDAR motion tracking to connect two independently moving vessels.
Eurowind Energy buys two permitted German wind farms totalling 86.7 MW
Eurowind Energy has bought two permitted onshore wind projects in Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania totalling 86.7 MW across thirteen turbines.
Dark Sky and ENERTRAG Systemtechnik extend aircraft detection lighting to Limburg wind farms
Two Limburg wind farms have been fitted with aircraft detection lighting by Dark Sky and ENERTRAG Systemtechnik, with Dutch regulator approval and test flights to follow.
ABB to supply power and propulsion for Allseas converter station carrier
ABB will deliver four 3.5 MW Azipod units and a full power system for Grand Tour, a 230-metre semi-submersible built to move offshore converter stations for Allseas.
Stillstrom trial automates cable handling for offshore vessel charging
A DNV-witnessed trial at Esbjerg has shown Stillstrom's cable control system managing offshore charging automatically while a vessel holds position on DP.
Baltica 2 completes monopile campaign with all 111 foundations installed
PGE and Ørsted have installed all 111 monopile foundations at the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm on schedule. Secondary steel work now runs to the end of 2026, with turbines due in 2027.
CS Wind Offshore brings automated milling to transition piece production in Aalborg
CS Wind Offshore has replaced manual flame-cutting with a magnet-mounted CNC gantry machine for cable penetrations in transition pieces, achieving 0.3 mm tolerance.