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Europe’s wind energy workforce powers ahead – jobs, skills and opportunities for 2030
Europe’s wind industry continues to drive economic growth, energy security and employment. The European Wind Energy Workforce Report sees employment in wind growing from 443,000 jobs today to over 600,000 by 2030. The report has granular data on current employment levels [...]
Security of Offshore Energy Infrastructure – Key Conference in Warsaw This January
During the second edition of EnergySecurityCongress.pl, which will take place on 15 January 2026 in Warsaw, the Ministers of Defence of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will discuss countering threats present in the Baltic Sea basin. Four dedicated sessions will focus [...]
PGE and Ørsted select contractor for commissioning of Baltica 2 onshore substation
A joint-venture of PGE and Ørsted developing the Baltica 2 offshore wind farm has selected the company responsible for commissioning of the onshore transformer station located in the Choczewo municipality in Pomerania. The task will be performed by the Polish company [...]
Germany: Next-generation monopolies moved using time and cost-effective new tech
Newly developed terminal crane and SPMT saddles safely handle XXL monopolies for Windanker offshore wind farm. Wind turbine sizes are increasing at an unprecedented rate and for clear reason: the bigger the turbine, the more power it can generate and the [...]
Gennaker offshore wind farm obtains construction and operations permit
Skyborn’s Gennaker offshore wind farm, located in the German Baltic Sea, has received its state planning approval Decision opens the route to FID and the start of construction activities, with scheduled commissioning in 2028 The Gennaker offshore wind farm, the is [...]
2025: Key Decisions and Milestones – The Bałtyk Projects in Focus
The year 2025 will go down in history as a breakthrough period for offshore wind energy in Poland. Equinor and Polenergia’s Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 projects entered the construction phase, while Bałtyk 1 was prepared for the auction. It was [...]
RWE to sell Polish offshore wind development project to PGE
350-megawatt F.E.W. Bałtyk II project to be further developed by PGE; closing of the transaction expected in Q1/2026 RWE has also transferred an Environmental Decision for the adjacent wind development site 44.E.1. in the Polish Baltic Sea to PGE RWE remains fully committed [...]
Sources: Former Belgian energy minister Tinne Van der Straeten set to become WindEurope’s new CEO
According to information confirmed by BalticWind.EU sources, former Belgian Minister of Energy Tinne Van der Straeten is set to become the new Chief Executive Officer of WindEurope, the association representing Europe’s wind power sector. Van der Straeten served as Belgium’s federal [...]
ORLEN strengthens its position in offshore wind – Baltic East wins ERO auction
The ORLEN Group strengthens its position in the offshore wind sector – the Baltic East project has won the auction for offshore wind farms conducted by the President of the Energy Regulatory Office (Urząd Regulacji Energetyki URE). This is an important [...]
Polenergia wins offshore auction. Bałtyk 1 project with a Contract for Difference
Polenergia, as the only entity with a majority of private capital, was successful in the first Polish auction for offshore wind farms. Thanks to this victory, the 1,560 MW Bałtyk 1 project gained the right to cover the negative balance (contract [...]
