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Lina Kinning, SWEA: The transparent and open dialogue will be crucial in Swedish offshore grid development
The Swedish government announced in October that electricity system operator Svenska Kraftnät would be tasked with developing the offshore transmission grid in connection with plans to develop offshore wind power. Lina Kinning, offshore energy and European [...]
How will offshore wind farms affect the shipping industry? We ask the Swedish Transport Agency
The seas are the heart of the shipping sector. The development of offshore wind farms may lead to even more users in maritime areas. We ask the Swedish Transport Agency (Transportstyrelsen) how offshore wind development can [...]
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 [...]
Obstacles on Polish way to 11 GW offshore wind energy (RELATION)
BalticWind.EU was an institutional patron of the 7th Energy Congress organised by the think-tank DISE Energy. Our representative, Managing Director Paweł Wróbel, together with industry representatives and experts from the offshore wind sector, discussed the development of offshore wind energy [...]
WindEurope: Offshore wind is essential for the just transition from fossil fuels to renewables in Poland
On 15 September 2021 Poland signed its first Offshore Wind Sector Deal. This Government-industry collaboration aims to establish a leading offshore wind industry in Poland. Under the Sector Deal the industry commits to the creation of [...]
WindEurope: Ensuring the best possible conditions for the Estonian-Latvian offshore wind farm
On 16 August WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson spoke at the kick-off meeting of the ELWIND project, the joint Estonia/Latvia project to develop a hybrid offshore wind farm in the Gulf of Riga. Dickson gave an introduction [...]
Giles Dickson: Polish Offshore Wind Sector Deal is a great example of government-industry collaboration
On 15 September, representatives of the Polish government, business, companies, financial and research institutions signed a sector deal on offshore wind energy. The agreement is to become the basis for building a new industry in Poland. [...]
Michał Kurtyka: We want the greatest possible participation of Polish entrepreneurs in the development of offshore wind energy sector
The energy potential of the Polish part of the Baltic Sea is considered to be one of the largest in the region. For this reason, offshore wind energy will be a key tool enabling the construction [...]
DNV: The offshore wind energy market in Poland is evolving and our role is to support it
The independent assurance company DNV was selected to certify the Baltic Power offshore wind farm project – one of the first offshore wind farms in Poland. We talk with company representatives about the prospects for the [...]
WindEurope: Offshore wind continues to break new boundaries
Offshore wind continues to break new boundaries – WindEurope said in a statement. Europe has 120 offshore wind farms already. The EU wants much more and sees offshore wind producing around 20% of our power by 2050. The first 6 months of this [...]
Michal Olszewski: The offshore wind construction projects are exposed to various risks
– The insurers must take into account many more potential risks – such as the risk related to the use of vessels, heavy cranes or e.g. the risk associated with varying wave heights. Due to the above-described reasons, the insurance market [...]
Andris Vanags: Latvia has a lot of untapped potential in the wind sector
The European Commission (EC) has adopted a package of legislative proposals setting out legislative tools to achieve Europe’s climate goals which will promote greener solutions, sustainability and energy independence. The main changes include improving the legislation [...]
Peter van Dalen: The proper involvement of fishers must be the precondition for co-existence with OWF
Dutch MEP Peter van Dalen answers BalticWind.EU’s questions on cooperation between fishermen and emerging offshore wind industry. On July 7, 2021, Members of the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the impact of offshore wind farms [...]
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. […]
Morten Petersen: We need to simplify arduous permitting procedures and push for collaboration
On 1st July members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) debated a draft report by Morten Petersen on the European Union’s strategy for offshore renewable energy. We are asking the Danish [...]
Aistis Radavičius: The biggest challenge is the misconception of offshore wind energy as an expensive form of electricity
Today, our editorial team recommends a special comment from the independent renewable energy expert Aistis Radavičius for BalticWind.EU. Radavičius explained that there are already many international and Lithuanian companies in the Klaipeda port that operate in [...]
William Beuckelaers: OffshoreWind4Kids – the best way to learn offshore wind energy by doing
OffshoreWind4Kids is a workshop introducing children to the world of renewable energy, in particular offshore wind energy. The energy transition will not be achieved without the participation of the public and qualified personnel. Learning about offshore [...]
Andris Vanags: Latvia could have 15 GW installed in offshore wind energy, but many steps need to be taken
Latvia also wants to join the peloton of countries developing offshore wind energy in the Baltic Sea. As it turns out, the country's potential is large. We ask Andris Vanags, head of the Latvian Wind Energy Association, about the perspectives [...]
Stefan Thimm: IPCEI can help with European cooperation in the field of offshore wind energy sector and green hydrogen
Stefan Thimm, Managing Director of BWO, comments to BalticWind.EU on the German maritime spatial zoning plan and potential of offshore wind development on Baltic Sea from Germany side. Germany is one of the leaders in offshore wind energy development in [...]
Urtė Daškevičiūtė: Offshore wind power will have a substantial impact on Lithuanian wind energy market
Lithuania has great ambitions to develop offshore wind energy in the Baltic Sea. The report indicates 4.5 GW of the potential for the development of wind turbines in Lithuanian waters. We asked the Lithuanian Wind Power Association (Lietuvos vėjo elektrinių [...]
Virginijus Sinkevičius: EU has the most ambitious offshore renewables target worldwide
European Commission has adopted new approach for a sustainable blue economy in the EU. We ask Virginijus Sinkevičius, EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries about the role of offshore wind as well as how to coordinate renewables development in the Baltic Sea [...]
Cooperation in the Baltic region is the cornerstone of the transformation of the Polish energy system
Poland may become one of the leaders in the development of offshore wind energy in the Baltic Sea, with a potential estimated at up to 28 GW until 2050. Adam Guibourgé - Czetwertyński, Deputy Minister of Climate and Environment, said [...]
Heidi Paalatie: Finland does see offshore wind potential, but co-existance with military radars needs to be solved
According to WindEurope, at the end of 2020, there were 19 offshore wind turbines connected to the Finnish electricity grid within three farms with a total capacity of 71 MW. The offshore wind potential in the Finnish part of the [...]
Rasmus Errboe: Poland is emerging as the front runner in offshore wind energy sector in the Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is one of the areas of interest for investors in the offshore wind energy sector, including Danish giant Ørsted. The Danes will develop two offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea in cooperation with the largest electricity [...]
Dorota Bastrikin: From development to decommissioning – let’s mind the future
In the excitement of planning the first offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea it is important not to lose from sight a question, what are we going to do with them once they served their purpose? In the offshore [...]
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