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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 [...]
BWO: The expansion targets for offshore wind energy are a political commitment – and then what?
German Offshore Wind Energy Association (Bundesverband Windenergie Offshore e.V, BWO) indicates that the statutory expansion target for 2035 is "at least 40 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2035", however, there are delays in grid expansion and challenges along the value chain. [...]
The biggest offshore wind tender in Danish history has been published
The Danish Energy Agency has published the tender frameworks for a total of 6 GW across 6 offshore wind farms, the biggest offshore wind tender in Danish history. Every gigawatt offshore wind capacity can produce green power equiv-alent to the electricity [...]
Largest Baltic wind energy sector conference to be held in Riga on April 25
On April 25, the largest wind energy conference in the Baltics “WindWorks. Connecting Industries” will take place at ATTA centre in Riga. More than 40 international and local energy experts, representatives of organizations and policymakers will take part in panel discussions [...]
G-Tec wrapped up a major cable route surveying project for Baltic Power
G-Tec has successfully concluded a significant surveying endeavor for Baltic Power, the first offshore wind farm to be constructed in Poland. Acting as a subcontractor within the consortium comprising DEME Offshore, TFKable Group, and NKT, G-tec undertook the task of surveying [...]
Harnessing Sweden’s 106 GW offshore wind potential requires political support
In the first quarter of 2024, several new investment decisions were made and wind turbine orders were placed in Sweden. However, there are concerns that the pace of government work is not sufficient to speed up and streamline the permitting process [...]
This was a week of One Failed Tender in Baltic Sea Offshore Wind [Episode 114]
Episode 114 of our weekly podcast, summarising the most important news of the week, is ready to listen. You can listen to the new episode of "This week in Baltic Offshore Wind in 5 minutes" on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, [...]
Ørsted educates on offshore wind with TOK FM radio
What does the Palace of Culture and Science have in common with an offshore wind turbine? When will the first electricity flow from the sea to Polish farms? Can wind farms be built in harmony with nature? How do technology partnerships [...]
MSI Analysis: Navigating Obstacles in Europe’s Offshore Wind Growth
Todd Jensen, Senior Analyst–Offshore Energy Markets at MSI, delves into the complexities of the European offshore wind sector in an analysis published in Offshore Magazine. Amidst promising growth prospects, the sector faces challenges stemming from supply chain constraints and rising costs. [...]
Environmental decision for two offshore wind farm power lead lines in Poland
The Regional Director for Environmental Protection in Gdańsk has issued two environmental decisions for power lines that will run from the Choczewo substation southward. These are two of four new 400 kV lines that will be built in Pomerania in the [...]
OW completes geophysical and geotechnical surveys in the Baltic Sea
Ocean Winds has reached two important milestones in the BC-Wind offshore wind farm project being developed in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea. The survey campaign of the seabed at the BC-Wind site and the export cable route has been [...]