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This week in Baltic Offshore Wind in 5 minutes – Episode 29
Episode 29 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, [...]
Offshore wind farm in Gulf of Riga to help ensure affordable electricity prices and energy security
In July of this year, Enefit, a developer, signed a contract to prepare a conceptual engineering design for a wind farm. The project is co-financed by the European Union. […]
Prototype nacelle V236-15.0 MW completed and ready for testing
The completion of the V236-15.0 MW nacelle prototype at the Lindø plant in the port of Odense is the culmination of dedicated efforts of many Vestas teams. The new design is now ready for testing. [...]
PhD Eng. Marcin Łuczak: The Baltic Windustry conference will show how industry-research cooperation generates concrete solutions for the offshore sector
On the occasion of the upcoming Baltic Windustry 2022 conference, which will take place on September 8 in Gdańsk, BalticWind.EU's editorial team asked representatives of the Gdańsk University of Technology to comment on the main goals of the event, its genesis [...]
Danish Energy Agency launches consultation on six more location applications under open-door program
As of 4 April 2022, the Danish Energy Agency (Energistyrelsen) has received 47 applications within the framework of the so-called open-door program. 16 of them were rejected due to overlap with state land reservations. The agency [...]
Bornholm Energy Island – an agreement between Denmark and Germany on implementation of project to supply up to 4.5 million homes with electricity
Denmark and Germany have agreed to complete the planned Bornholm Energy Island, after Ministers Habeck and Jørgensen gave the green light for it to be annexed to their countries. Once established in 2030, the Energy Island [...]
BWO and BDEW analysis: How to increase the amount of offshore wind capacity in Germany to 82 GW?
The key to increasing the amount of German offshore wind power capacity lies in a compromise approach to land use. This is the main conclusion of an analysis prepared by the Fraunhofer IWES research institute on [...]
Industrial research – the key to offshore wind industry synergy with universities
The Baltic Windustry 2022 conference, organized by the Center for Offshore Wind Energy at Gdansk University of Technology together with the Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA), will be held in Gdansk on September 8, 2022. [...]
The Marienborg Declaration: Baltic Sea Countries declare more cooperation in offshore wind
On 30 August 2022 the Heads of Governments and Energy Ministers of the 8 countries around the Baltic Sea signed the Marienborg Declaration. They committed to new volumes for the build-out of offshore wind in the [...]
OX2 sells stake in 3 offshore wind projects in Sweden to Ingka Investments
OX2 sells stake in its first offshore wind projects in Sweden and updates 2022 earnings forecasts for INGKA Investments, the company owned by the largest owner and operator of the IKEA store chain, is acquiring a [...]