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German cabinet approves WindSeeG amendment, reopening offshore auction design
The German cabinet has adopted the draft WindSeeG amendment, sending changes to offshore auction design, realisation deadlines, resilience criteria and environmental rules into the parliamentary process.
German wind feed-in runs 14 per cent ahead of last year through early September
German wind farms produced 87.46 billion kWh between January and early September, around 14 per cent more than a year earlier, according to IWR data. European figures for the week are incomplete after an ENTSO-E data migration failed.
Perigus Energy connects 8.3 MWp solar park built inside a working deer enclosure
Perigus Energy has connected an 8.3 MWp solar park built inside a 6.9-hectare fallow deer enclosure in Saarland, with modules raised high enough for the herd to graze underneath.
The grid is the bottleneck: what Europe’s connection queues mean for Baltic wind
Permitting used to be the hard part. Now it is the wires: 72 TWh curtailed across Europe, 800 GW stuck in connection queues, and a Baltic hybrid interconnector facing a decision point.
Five years from permit to first power: Energiequelle commissions 4.2 MW turbine at Krummensee
Energiequelle has commissioned a 4.2 MW Enercon turbine at Krummensee in Brandenburg, five years after the permit was issued and after a legal dispute that nearly ran the consent out of time.
Oversubscribed and unbuilt: what Germany’s onshore wind auctions tell the Baltic markets
Germany's onshore wind auctions are bid 2.6 times over and clearing at record lows. The winners share locked-in turbine supply and secured grid connections — and the harder constraint now sits between the award and the first foundation.
Fourteen transformers reach Baltica 2 site after six-month heavy transport from Türkiye
COLI Group has completed a six-month transport of 14 power transformers from GE Vernova's Turkish factory to the onshore site for Poland's Baltica 2 offshore wind farm, using three vessels, two ports and temporary structures over bridges too weak to carry the load.
Europe on course for record wind year with 8.8 GW installed in first half of 2026
Europe installed 8.8 GW of new wind capacity in the first half of 2026, 30% more than a year earlier. WindEurope now expects 24 GW for the full year, but warns that falling permitting volumes outside Germany could stall the ramp-up.
Onshore wind costs 8.2 cents. Getting permission still costs years
German data puts new onshore wind at 8.2 cents per kWh against gas backup at three to four times that. Auctions are oversubscribed and capital is queueing. The bottleneck has moved entirely to permitting.
Subsea Cable Assets opens carousel rental with 4,000 and 6,000-tonne systems
Subsea Cable Assets has begun renting out cable carousels, starting with 4,000 and 6,000-tonne systems already contracted to a European client.
