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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 [...]
Who installs the Baltic’s turbines: the vessel fleet behind the build-out, from jack-ups to Poland’s first cable-layer
An explainer on the specialist ships that build Baltic offshore wind: jack-ups with 3,200-tonne cranes, Cadeler's EUR 2.7 billion backlog, heavy-lift newbuilds due in 2028, and Poland's plan for its first cable-laying vessel.
EIB lends EUR 100 million to turn Klaipėda into a NATO-ready port with offshore wind quays
A EUR 100 million EIB loan will adapt Klaipėda's cruise terminal for NATO vessels and fund shore power, green hydrogen and offshore wind quays in a EUR 201 million programme due by end-2027.
IWR: wind, solar and storage are Germany’s best hedge against the new oil and gas price shock
After the ECB's September rate rise, Germany's IWR institute argues that renewables plus battery storage cut exposure to fossil price shocks, and warns that subsidised gas plants trading on the market would add electricity price risk.
Nordex wins 34 MW repowering order in Hesse with N175/6.X turbines on 199-metre towers
Nordex will replace five 3 MW turbines at the Rauschenberg wind farm in Hesse with five 6.8 MW N175/6.X machines on 199-metre towers for developer EEF, with generation due from summer 2028.
Bałtyk 2 and 3, step by step: how Polenergia and Equinor’s offshore build went from rock on the seabed to first foundations
A tracker of the Bałtyk 2 and 3 offshore wind build: rock placement, first foundations, substation topsides, the onshore grid link and the milestones still ahead before first power in 2027.
Estonia and Latvia’s offshore wind is still on the drawing board: what ELWIND and Liivi have done, and what comes next
Estonia and Latvia have no offshore turbines yet, but the ELWIND and Liivi projects now have design contracts, a seal survey and a year of wind data. Here is where they stand and what comes next.
Skyborn closes €2.1bn financing for 976.5 MW Gennaker offshore wind farm in German Baltic
Skyborn Renewables and the EIB announced financial close on Gennaker, a 976.5 MW offshore wind farm off Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, with €2.1 billion of debt from 16 banks and the EIB. Commercial operation is targeted for the end of 2028.
How Poland’s offshore wind year began: Baltic Power, Baltica 2 and Baltic East in one sequence
A roundup of the early-2026 milestones across Poland's three offshore wind projects, from Baltic Power's fishermen compensation to Baltica 2's seabed works and Baltic East's auction price, with a look at what comes next.
wiwi consult wins 80 MW in German solar tender and shifts to wind-solar-storage hybrid projects
The Mainz developer won support for all three of its bids in the July PV tender, is building nine wind projects totalling 180 MW by 2027, and will plan every future project with battery storage.
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.