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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 [...]
DNV invests in Vind AI and embeds its wind modelling in the platform
DNV has taken a strategic minority stake in renewable project platform Vind AI and integrated its CFD-ML wind modelling, giving developers high-fidelity simulations from a project's earliest stages.
Eurelectric report maps ‘Power Couples’ to scale up industrial electrification
A new Eurelectric report, based on 61 companies and 30 projects, sets out five replicable 'Power Couples' models to scale up industrial electrification by aligning demand, supply, grids and investment.
Swedish researchers send wind power fact-check to every municipal politician
The Swedish Wind Centre has sent a research-based fact-check on wind power to around 31,000 municipal politicians, aiming to give local decision-makers reliable answers on its effects.
Eurelectric urges EU to keep ETS as the backbone of climate policy in upcoming review
Eurelectric is calling on the EU to keep the Emissions Trading System as the backbone of its climate policy, setting out three priorities for the review: a predictable carbon price, industrial competitiveness and a just transition.
Netherlands opens 1 GW IJmuiden Ver Gamma-A offshore wind tender
The Netherlands has opened the tender for the 1 GW IJmuiden Ver Gamma-A offshore wind site, with €4.75bn in subsidy available and applications running from 26 November to 10 December 2026.
Nordex wins 112 MW order from NeXtWind for Altmark wind farm in Saxony-Anhalt
Nordex has won a 112 MW order from NeXtWind for the Altmark wind farm in Saxony-Anhalt, supplying 16 N175/6.X turbines for one of the region's larger repowering projects.
WindEurope urges EU ministers to set binding 2040 renewables target
WindEurope is calling on EU energy ministers to agree a binding 2040 renewables target, warning that without a post-2030 goal Europe risks losing investment, energy security and industrial leadership.
ENERTRAG brings first phase of Bütow II repowering online in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
ENERTRAG has brought the first six Nordex N163 turbines of its Bütow II repowering online in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, part of a scheme replacing 32 turbines from 1999 with 14 modern machines.
Poland stages ‘Blackout 2026’ drill to test grid security against physical attack
Poland's grid operator PSE ran a security exercise near Białystok simulating a physical attack on a highest-voltage substation, drawing in crisis services, PGE, the ABW security agency and military units.
Sweden needs historic build-out of fossil-free power to 2050, grid operator says
Sweden's transmission operator Svenska kraftnät says meeting electricity demand to 2050 will require historic investment in generation, grids and flexibility — around 8 TWh of new fossil-free power a year in its most intensive scenarios.