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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 [...]
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.
HUSUM WIND and WAB plan Europe’s largest offshore excursion
HUSUM WIND and WAB will run what they call Europe's largest offshore field trip on 31 August, taking around 500 participants past up to 25 North Sea wind farms and converter stations.
Nordex secures 325 MW turbine order in the United States
The Nordex Group has secured a 325 MW order in the United States for 55 N163/5.X turbines built at its Iowa plant, with the customer and project undisclosed.
Qualitas Energy wins 113 MW in oversubscribed German onshore wind auction
Qualitas Energy has won 113.2 MW across three onshore wind projects in Germany's latest tender, which drew bids worth more than 2.5 times the available volume.