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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 [...]
‘A slow drip of poison’: Minister Zielinska calls wind-energy disinformation a state-security threat
Opening a Warsaw conference, Minister Urszula Zielinska called wind-energy disinformation 'a slow drip of poison' and a deliberate, funded operation that is a matter of state security.
Global Wind Day 2026 puts community benefits in focus as WindEurope warns against rigid EU rules
On Global Wind Day, WindEurope spotlights how communities share in wind farm revenues — and warns that draft EU participation rules could undermine the very models that build local support.
PGE Baltica picks consortium to design onshore grid connection for Baltica 9+
PGE Baltica has signed a contract with a consortium led by PROJMORS ASE Group to design the onshore grid connection for the roughly 1.3 GW Baltica 9+ offshore wind project, with power routed to the Krzemienica substation.
ORLEN and Szczecin-Świnoujście ports begin analyses on expanding Poland’s first offshore installation terminal
ORLEN Neptun and the Szczecin-Świnoujście ports authority have signed a letter of intent to study expanding the Świnoujście Offshore Terminal, Poland's first offshore wind installation terminal, one year after it opened.
Gull tracking shapes turbine plans at Finland’s Ebba offshore wind project
Metsähallitus has used GPS tracking of the globally threatened Baltic gull to map feeding areas and flight paths around its planned Ebba offshore wind farm in Finland.
RWE clears Nordseecluster A for turbine installation after DNV certification
DNV has certified the third BSH milestone for RWE's 660 MW Nordseecluster A, clearing the German North Sea project for turbine installation.
EU finance ministers agree to widen carbon border levy
EU finance ministers agreed to extend the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism to downstream steel and aluminium products, roughly doubling the Commission's proposed scope.
Baltic, Nordic and US foreign ministries reaffirm transatlantic security focus at E-PINE talks
At E-PINE talks in Tallinn and Narva, Baltic, Nordic and US officials reaffirmed transatlantic security cooperation, flagging hybrid threats and Russia's shadow fleet.
Norway becomes a full member of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region
Norway has become a full member of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, gaining a formal role in the macro-regional framework's leadership and agenda-setting.
Sopot Declaration: Baltic Sea states pledge tougher action on shadow fleet and undersea infrastructure
Baltic Sea foreign ministers adopted the Sopot Declaration, pledging tougher coordinated action to protect undersea cables and pipelines and to curb Russia's shadow fleet.