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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 national to regional: how 2026 rewired cooperation around the North Sea and the Baltic
Four early-2026 forums, from the Hamburg North Sea Summit to a 47-region declaration in Stockholm, converged on cross-border offshore planning. A roundup of what they decided and what the Baltic can borrow.
600 industry representatives sail to German North Sea wind farms; Husum Wind and WAB commit to repeat excursion in 2028
Around 600 wind-sector representatives toured German North Sea wind farms aboard the FRS Halunder Jet on 31 August; Husum Wind and WAB now plan a repeat excursion in 2028.
Klaipėda deploys sensor buoy to guide ships through GPS jamming and improve port forecasts
A sensor buoy four nautical miles off Klaipėda now streams sea and GPS-interference data to shore, serving as a fixed reference for ships when satellite navigation fails.
Poland’s PLN 214 billion onshore wind plan, revisited: the assumptions behind the number
The industry strategy values Poland's onshore wind market at up to PLN 214 billion by 2040, but the figure rests on 1.5 to 2 GW of annual additions, a turbine supply chain still 75 per cent foreign, and a grid that already curtails 5 to 10 per cent of renewable output.
FGW publishes blueprint for component-based grid certification of wind turbines and storage
Germany's FGW e.V. has released the final document of its working group on component-based unit certification, proposing early validation of grid behaviour at converter and component level to cut recertification costs for turbines and storage.
Estonian and Latvian ministers tour Finland’s Onkalo repository as Posiva licence decision nears
Finland's Sari Multala hosted Estonia's Andres Sutt and Latvia's Jānis Vitenbergs at Posiva's spent fuel repository in Eurajoki, weeks after STUK's favourable statement. The operating licence proposal could reach the Finnish Government in October.
EIB lends Elia 1 billion euros for second phase of Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth energy island
The European Investment Bank has granted Elia Transmission Belgium a 1 billion euro green credit facility for phase two of the Princess Elisabeth Island, its largest energy infrastructure loan in the Benelux. The hub is due to connect Belgium's second offshore wind zone from 2031.
Who repairs a cut cable? The missing layer in Baltic subsea infrastructure protection
Prevention and detection dominate the debate on Baltic subsea infrastructure. Repair capacity - vessels, spare sections and crews - is the thinnest layer, and the European funding that exists mostly covers telecom cables rather than power.
Finland clears EUR 21 million for carbon capture at Rauma pulp mill feeding electrofuel production
Finland's Ministerial Finance Committee has endorsed 21 million euros in investment aid for a 100,000-tonne biogenic carbon capture plant at Metsä Fibre's Rauma pulp mill, with the captured CO2 destined for renewable electrofuels.
Nordic and Baltic energy ministers meet in Tallinn on grid security and undersea infrastructure
Energy ministers from the eight Nordic and Baltic countries met in Tallinn on 4 September to discuss Ukraine, the protection of critical energy infrastructure and market competitiveness, with Finland pressing for EU support on repairing undersea assets.