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Installation terminal in Świnoujście takes big steps forward
Szczecin and Świnoujście Seaports Authority SA and ORLEN Neptun presented information on progressing work on the construction of the first installation terminal for offshore wind farms on the Polish coast. The event also discussed the role of seaports in the development [...]
OX2 receives permission to build 400 MW offshore wind power on the west coast of Sweden
The Swedish government announced that OX2 has received permission to build the northern part of the project Galatea-Galene on the west coast of Sweden, with a potential capacity of 400 MW. The total project Galatea-Galene comprised 1.7 GW. OX2 is Sweden’s [...]
Vårgrønn and European Energy to partner on developing offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea
Renewable energy developer European Energy and offshore wind company Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, announce a long-term strategic partnership to jointly pursue offshore wind opportunities in the Baltic Sea within Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. The Baltic states [...]
Wind energy in Poland – a new deal (PWEA 2023 Conference in Serock)
Liberalization of the 10H rule and progressive development of offshore wind farms in the Baltic allow the wind industry to look to the future with optimism. However, there are still many issues and challenges that need to be worked out among [...]
Ocean Winds with a contract for the design of offshore export cables for the BC-Wind offshore wind farm
Ocean Winds (OW), an international company dedicated to offshore wind energy and created as a 50-50 joint venture by EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has signed a contract with Australian company Sea Global Pty Ltd. and with PGNIG GAZOPROJEKT S.A. as its [...]
Building a Cyclist Movement for Climate Action
In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dominik Gajerski, the coordinator of the Polish edition of the Climate Classic Poland Rally. The Climate Classic rallies are a series of events aimed at raising awareness about the urgency of [...]
More environmental permits for offshore wind farms in the Kattegat Strait
According to the Swedish Wind Energy Association (Svensk Vindenergi), the Swedish government's decision on environmental permits for two offshore wind farms in the Kattegat Strait is very good news. Projects that have received permits, if they also receive a license to [...]
Ørsted awarded contract – will capture and store 430,000 tonnes of biogenic CO2
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has awarded Ørsted a 20-year contract for its carbon capture and storage (CCS) project ‘Ørsted Kalundborg Hub’. The project entails that Ørsted will establish carbon capture at its wood chip-fired Asnæs Power Station in Kalundborg in [...]
PGE Baltica engages Polish companies to build service base in Ustka
Starting the construction of an operations and maintenance base to serve offshore wind farms is an undertaking preceded by a months-long preparatory process. Already at this stage it is necessary to hire contractors for the work necessary to carry out the [...]
Offshore electricity can make an important contribution to reducing electricity prices
The BMWK has come to the conclusion that the capital costs for wind and solar energy generation must be reduced. The BWO supports the BMWK in its efforts to use financial and industrial policy instruments to help reduce the financing costs [...]
