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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 [...]
From booths to workshops: what the 2026 energy event circuit says about where wind and storage are heading
Four events from 2026, from The smarter E in Munich to WindEurope's Rotterdam workshop, point to the same shift: running wind, storage and grids better, not just building more.
Finnish climate minister Multala to open German-Finnish Hydrogen Dialogue in Munich
Finland's climate minister Sari Multala will open the German-Finnish Hydrogen Dialogue in Munich on 5 October and meet Bavarian ministers during a two-day visit.
SMA inverter receives first grid-forming prototype confirmation under VDE FNN note 2.1
M.O.E. says it has issued the first prototype confirmation of grid-forming properties under VDE FNN note 2.1, for SMA's Sunny Central Storage UP-S 4600 inverter.
Sweco chief executive Åsa Bergman to step down after nine years in the role
Åsa Bergman is resigning as CEO of Sweco after close to nine years in the role; she stays until a successor is found.
Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement to buy 50% of Norwegian offshore crewing firm OffshoreCrew
BSM will take 50% of Norwegian offshore crewing company OffshoreCrew, which holds a database of about 30,000 offshore professionals.
PortXL names 11 maritime start-ups for 2026 programme, including drone-radar and dockside wind-turbine developers
The Rotterdam accelerator PortXL has picked 11 start-ups for its 2026 programme, among them dockside wind-turbine, drone-radar and antifouling developers.
Poland’s ARP launches ‘Ready for Offshore’ programme with up to PLN 100 million in financing for supply-chain firms
ARP, with PARP, PGE Baltica and Orlen Neptun, has launched a programme of subsidised training and up to PLN 100 million in loans and leasing for Polish offshore wind suppliers.
Klaipėda’s port build-out, step by step: southern expansion, NATO-ready quays and a green methanol bet
Klaipėda is rebuilding on three tracks at once: a EUR 600 million southern expansion, NATO-ready quays financed by the EIB and early work on green methanol bunkering.
Ocean Breeze Energy to take over alpha ventus, Germany’s first offshore wind farm, from EWE, RWE and Vattenfall
EWE, RWE and Vattenfall are selling alpha ventus, Germany's first offshore wind farm, to Ocean Breeze Energy, which plans to run it beyond its intended 20-year life.
Build the wires first: what Baltic offshore grid connections show about the next wave
Germany's Ostwind 3 platform and Poland's Choczewo and Żarnowiec stations show how Baltic offshore wind depends on grid work started years ahead of the turbines.