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RWE and Port of Karlshamn: partnership for Baltic Sea wind
RWE and the Swedish Port of Karlshamn have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The aim of this collaboration is to explore whether Port of Karlshamn could be a suitable harbour for the logistics, installation, operations and maintenance activities relating to RWE’s [...]
First wind turbine installed at Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm
The first of a total of fifty wind turbines has been successfully installed at the 476MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm, a joint venture between Iberdrola, a world leading clean energy company, and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company – Masdar, the [...]
This was a week of Consultations and Rejections in Baltic Sea Offshore Wind [Episode 117]
Episode 117 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, [...]
Siemens Energy reorganises its wind division
As reported by REUTERS in an article published on 8 May this year, Siemens Energy, one of the leading suppliers to the power industry, has unveiled fundamental changes to its wind energy division. Board member Vinod Philip will become the new [...]
The Guardian: World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target
In an exclusive survey conducted by The Guardian, hundreds of leading climate scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have revealed alarming predictions about the trajectory of global temperatures. The consensus among these experts indicates that the world is [...]
WindWorks. Connecting Industries in Riga: Closer Baltic cooperation needed for wind energy development
The Baltic leaderships need to work more actively together at political level to jointly address the challenges of the wind energy sector and to create an exportable energy product. This was the conclusion of the wind energy conference “WindWorks. Connecting Industries”, [...]
RWE signs Framework Agreements for HVDC systems with Hitachi Energy and Aibel to secure capacity for future offshore wind farms
RWE, one of the world’s leading players in offshore wind, signed Framework Agreements with Hitachi Energy and Aibel for the joint supply of three high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems for RWE offshore wind farms. The agreements are long-term in nature as [...]
The growth story of offshore wind in Finland slowed down, but not ended
Finnish Government has taken a negative decision on 16 applications for offshore wind energy in the EEZ. The rejection decision means that the development of the offshore wind projects concerned will be delayed. It is important to ensure the positive development [...]
PWEA: Will the Baltic wind benefit Poland at last? There has never been an investment of this scale in our history!
The Polish offshore wind farm project worth around 40 MLD PLN is the largest investment in post-war Poland. It will bring PLN 178 billion of added value to the Polish economy, a decrease in CO2 emissions of about 102 million tonnes [...]
G7 Countries Task IRENA to Monitor Group’s Renewable Energy Progress
Communiqué from G7 Ministers’ Meeting on Energy, Climate and Environment calls on IRENA to track the group’s collective contribution to COP28’s global target to triple renewables by 2030. G7 leaders tasked the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to track and monitor [...]
