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Germany: broad agreement to reach 30 GW capacity target in the Baltic and North Sea by 2030
The German Federal Ministry for Economics and Climate Action has announced new targets for offshore wind energy. The plan is to accelerate offshore investment in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea - to reach a target of 30 GW in [...]
Heike Winkler, WAB: WINDFORCE Baltic Sea in Gdansk on November 15-16 offers a unique focus on the challenges in the Baltic Sea region
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Lithuania begins legislative work on second offshore wind farm
Last week the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania has presented a draft legislative act on offshore wind development that will enable works on the second offshore wind park. As summarized on Linkedin by Dr Paulius Zapolskis, dealing with [...]
Jakub Budzynski, PTMEW: Poland as offshore industry hub for the Baltic region
Polish industry has a great opportunity to permanently strengthen its position in global supply chains of the offshore wind energy sector. We are already a leader in the Baltic. The key to seizing this opportunity is to build competence, develop cooperation [...]
Mike Crawley, CEO Northland Power: One of the big drivers of growth will be the energy security concern
We spoke with Mike Crawley, CEO of Northland Power, on the occasion of his visit to Poland in October, during which the selection of Vestas turbines for the Baltic Power project and the construction of an installation terminal in Świnoujście were [...]
The COP27 climate conference has begun. Investments in renewable energy need to triple
Sunday 6 November saw the start of the COP27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The meeting, which will last until 18 November, takes place in the shadow of the ongoing energy crisis caused by Russia's war in Ukraine, as [...]
This week in Baltic Offshore Wind in 5 minutes – Episode 38
Episode 38 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, Google Podcasts, [...]
GWO: Wind Limited Access Standard released
Global Wind Organisation (GWO) released the Wind Limited Access Standard. This new standard was developed to provide a minimum viable safety training for infrequent visitors to onshore and offshore wind turbine generators (WTG) environments when supervised by at least two GWO [...]
Ilmatar begins comprehensive seabed survey for 2.1 GW offshore wind energy project north of Åland
The Finnish energy company Ilmatar is starting a technical survey of the seabed over an area of 600 square kilometres north of Åland. The planned wind farm is intended to be connected to both Sweden and Finland and is projected to supply around [...]
Border consultation for Utposten 2 wind farm
Svea Wind Offshore, a Swedish RES developer, is launching consultations as part of the border-setting process for the Utposten 2 wind farm. A meeting organised by Svea Wind Offshore will take place in Gävle on 21-22 November. The meeting in Gävle [...]
