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Baltic Industrial Group and CRIST shipyard to jointly build fully-equipped transformer stations for offshore wind power industry
Baltic Industrial Group and CRIST shipyard from Gdynia have begun building a consortium that will offer, among other things, modern, fully equipped transformer stations for offshore wind power (OWE). The partners also want to cooperate in other areas of the offshore [...]
Energiequelle GmbH Advances Wind Power in Saxony with New Eulitz Project
Energiequelle GmbH has commenced construction on a new wind farm in Eulitz, Saxony. This development marks a significant step in expanding wind energy capacity in eastern Germany, a region that has seen slower growth compared to northern states. The Eulitz wind [...]
Deutsche Windtechnik Combats Skills Shortage with Successful Apprenticeship Program
Deutsche Windtechnik has reported a 100% retention rate for its latest cohort of mechatronics apprentices, signaling a positive trend in addressing the wind energy sector's ongoing skills shortage. All eleven graduates from the company's Viöl training center in Schleswig-Holstein have accepted [...]
This was a week of Investing in education in Baltic Sea Offshore Wind [Episode 130]
Episode 130 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, Apple Podcasts, [...]
Ørsted Entangled in Elon Musk’s X Lawsuit Over Alleged Advertising Boycott
In a surprising turn of events, Ørsted has found itself embroiled in a high-profile lawsuit filed by Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The legal action, which also targets other major companies and the World Federation of [...]
Ørsted supports development of a new faculty in Poland
During a meeting with the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin (PUM), a global leader in offshore wind energy Ørsted pledged substantive support for the creation of a new postgraduate course on Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) in the Offshore Sector. With [...]
EMBER: Wind targets are achievable but fall short of a tripling
Tripling global renewables is the single biggest action the world can take for the climate in this decade. An analysis of 2030 national wind targets shows that governments are already planning for a doubling, but fall short of a tripling. This [...]
Ørsted launches world’s first heavy-lift cargo drone operations at Offshore Wind Farm
Ørsted, the global leader in offshore wind, is deploying heavy-lift cargo drones (HLCD) for the first time in an operational campaign at the Borssele 1&2 Offshore Wind Farm. This pioneering move marks a significant leap forward in operational efficiency and safety [...]
Siemens Gamesa reduces loss in Q3
Siemens Energy announced on Wednesday its results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024 that ended June 30, 2024. “The rapidly growing electricity market requires a wide range of our products. Especially our grid and gas turbine businesses are benefiting [...]
Why is hydrogen technology not developed offshore in Poland?
A recent article by Kinga Wejer of EKO-KONSULT, published on LinkedIn, addresses the underdevelopment of hydrogen technology on Polish offshore sites. Currently, hydrogen production in Poland takes place exclusively onshore using fresh water, which is problematic due to the country's limited [...]
