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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 [...]
Alterric warns delayed German energy law reform threatens wind investment
Alterric says leaked drafts of Germany's EEG 2027 reform and grid-connection package — including a ten-year uncompensated curtailment rule — threaten the financing of new wind projects.
Nordex wins orders for more than 197 MW of onshore wind from ENOVA and BMR
Nordex has won orders for 30 turbines totalling over 197 MW from ENOVA and BMR across Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and North Rhine-Westphalia, each with a 20-year service deal.
Continental to power Korbach tyre plant with 20 MW Nordex wind farm
Nordex will supply three N175/6.X turbines for the 20 MW Twistenberg wind farm in Hesse, which tyre maker Continental will own and use to power its Korbach plant.
Irregular crossings into the EU fall 40% as new migration pact takes effect
Irregular crossings into the EU fell nearly 40% in the first five months of 2026 to about 39,000, Frontex says, as the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum introduces standardised screening.
EU lawmakers agree defence-readiness package to speed permits and procurement
Parliament and Council negotiators have provisionally agreed a defence-readiness package to speed permits and procurement and back up to €800 billion of investment under Readiness 2030.
Føn Energy Services wins offshore O&M contract at Poland’s Baltic Power wind farm
Norway's Føn Energy Services has signed a multi-year O&M contract for Baltic Power, Poland's first offshore wind farm, covering all subsea assets ahead of its 2026 launch.
German onshore wind auction oversubscribed again as Routing Energy clients secure 90 MW
Germany's 1 May onshore wind tender drew bids worth 6,409 MW for 2,495 MW on offer, pushing award prices lower; clients of purchasing group Routing Energy won 90.1 MW.
BOREAS appoints Alexander Kunsch to management board as Uwe Berg steps down
The Dresden-based renewable energy developer BOREAS has appointed Alexander Kunsch as a managing director, while long-serving commercial director Uwe Berg steps down.
New report maps Baltic Sea security cooperation as region eyes reform
A report compiled for Poland's CBSS presidency maps the dozens of security cooperation formats in the Baltic Sea region, spanning critical infrastructure protection and energy security.
German foreign minister calls Baltic Sea the frontline of Europe’s security
At the Kiel Security Conference, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul called the Baltic Sea Europe's most obvious theatre of confrontation with Russia, citing repeated threats to critical maritime infrastructure.