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Enersense has acquired the Finnish company Pori Offshore Construction
On October 4, zero-carbon solutions provider Enersense acquired all shares of Pori Offshore Constructions, a company with extensive know-how in the offshore wind sector. This was a major factor in the investment decision. […]
BLIX to create an offshore grid technology catalogue for TSOs Elering and Augstsprieguma tīkls
The Estonian TSO Elering AS and the Latvian TSO Augstsprieguma tīkls (AST) are developing a business case, investigating the possibilities to invest in an offshore grid. In order to evaluate the business cases of future projects, [...]
Iris Baldursdottir, ENTSO-E: The offshore wind integration will not happen overnight
Offshore wind energy is one of the important pillars for the implementation of the EU Green Deal. The EC’s offshore RES strategy foresees the integration of 300 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2050. This raises [...]
Swedish fishermen concerned about offshore wind development plans
The Swedish government announced in October that electricity system operator Svenska Kraftnät would be tasked with expanding the transmission grid in offshore areas in connection with plans to develop offshore wind power. National fishermen were concerned about [...]
The European Patent Office intends to grant Hexicon patent for a floating wind power platform
The European Patent Office (EPO) has confirmed its intention to grant Hexicon a European patent for the company’s floating wind power platform with tilted towers. EPO has also examined a third-party submission, similar to the objection [...]
Estonian Ministry of the Environment approves EIA programme for Saare offshore wind farm
Estonian media reports that the Ministry of the Environment has approved the environmental impact assessment (EIA) program for the Saare offshore wind farm. The wind power plant, with a capacity of up to 1400 MW, will be [...]
Cloudberry postpones investment decision for Stenkalles Grund farm
Investor Cloudberry Clean Energy plans to build the Stenkalles Grund offshore wind farm in the waters of Vänern, Sweden’s largest lake. The company has postponed making a final investment decision until mid-2022. […]
Svenska kraftnät and Fingrid have applied for CEF co-funding for the Aurora Line interconnector
Transmission system operators of Sweden and Finland, Svenska kraftnät and Fingrid, have together applied for Connecting Europe Facility co-funding for the new cross-border interconnector Aurora Line between the northern parts of the countries. […]
Kallas: Estonian-Latvian offshore wind farm is a pioneering cooperation project in Europe
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas visited Latvia on 15th October. She met with Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš, with whom she discussed, among other things, on energy security. One of the topics discussed was offshore wind energy. [...]
Hannes Snellman law firm to advise Metsähallitus on offshore wind farm project
Finnish-Swedish law firm Hannes Snellman will be engaged by Finnish state-owned company Metsähallitus in the Korsnäs offshore wind farm project. […]
