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Public consultations of the Hexicon and Aker Offshore Wind offshore wind projects are ongoing
Norwegian offshore wind energy developer Aker Offshore Wind announced in a report on financial results for the second quarter of 2021 that public consultations on wind farm projects in the waters of the Baltic and North [...]
Newsroom: Latvian teams triumph in the first online hackathon in the Baltics – HACK DIGITALSEA’21
The first online hackathon «HACK DigitalSea’21» in the Baltics was launched in 3-4 of July, where participants sought innovative solutions to the acute challenges for sustainable aquaculture in the Baltic Sea. In two of the three [...]
Newsroom: Construction work offshore and on land for the Ostwind 2 is still in full swing
Construction work offshore and on land for the Ostwind 2 grid connection project is still in full swing. After the Lubmin substation was initially expanded in size, the transmission capacity is now being expanded. For this [...]
Newsroom: A strong result and a development drives the transition for Vattenfall
Vattenfall’s President and CEO Anna Borg comments on the interim report for January-June 2021. “Achieving our goal of enabling fossil-free living within one generation requires that we cooperate with customers and other partners – also outside [...]
Newsroom: Wind power must become the engine of G20 economies in a 1.5°C world
Global Wind Energy Council presented an open letter from the wind energy industry to G20 and world leaders. Industry representatives calls: it’s time to get serious about renewables. […]
The European Parliament gives alarm on the impact of offshore wind farms on fishing
Members of the European Parliament adopted a resolution of July 7, 2021 on the impact of offshore wind farms and other renewable energy systems on the fisheries sector. The document stresses the need to avoid possible [...]
Technology from Sweden will cool the Haliade-X turbine
Global wind turbine manufacturer GE Renewable Energy has selected Malmö-based Heatex as a cooling system supplier for the Haliade-X + 12MW offshore wind turbine generator. […]
Daiva Garbaliauskaitė: Offshore wind energy is one of the most important energy projects
Lithuania has ambitious plans to develop offshore wind energy. We ask the energy vice-minister of the Republic of Lithuania Daiva Garbaliauskaitė about opportunities for the country and upcoming plans. […]
Polish language version of BalticWind.EU launched
Dear readers, On behalf of the entire BalticWind.EU editorial team, I am delighted to welcome you to the Polish language version of the website. I encourage our Polish speaking readers to see both the latest articles we publish today, but [...]
JIP: The floating offshore wind sector is on the brink of exponential growth
A Carbon Trust Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (JIP) report analyses the technical opportunities and challenges to optimising the floating offshore wind industry as it moves towards commercial scale farms. […]
