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Offshore wind faces turbulence as industry giants announce major layoffs
The offshore wind industry, a critical component of renewable energy strategies around the Baltic Sea and beyond, is facing significant upheaval as two major players, Shell Plc and Siemens Energy's wind turbine division Siemens Gamesa, announce extensive staff cuts. Shell is [...]
BEMIP Offshore Wind priorities for 2024
The BEMIP Offshore Wind Working Group is implementing strategic priorities for 2024 to further advance offshore renewable energy in the Baltic Sea region. With a substantial potential of over 93 GW for offshore wind energy, the focus is on capitalizing on [...]
RWE to build wind farms with capacity of 1.6 GW off German coast
RWE has made the investment decision for its Nordseecluster, involving offshore wind projects with a total capacity of 1.6 gigawatts (GW). The wind farms will be built in the North Sea, about 50 kilometres north of the island of Juist. Suppliers [...]
POLAND: OX2 launches its largest Polish wind project to date
The Juniewicze wind farm is the fourth wind farm completed in Poland by OX2, a leading RES developer and leader in terms of completed wind investments in Europe. The 16 wind turbines, with a total capacity of 48 MW, will power [...]
Szczecin strengthens position in offshore industry – Windar Poland will open new factory
Another manufacturing plant for the offshore sector will be built, as reported by Szczecin.pl. On Wednesday, a letter of intent was signed between the City of Szczecin and Windar Polska, marking an important step in the development of offshore wind energy [...]
Supplier Day at PWEA2024 Conference – international cooperation for a strong wind industry in Europe
Poland's supply chain has a chance to become competitive in the global wind power sector - but this will not succeed without strong and stable international cooperation. On the 6th of June, Polish companies, foreign investors and representatives of the EC [...]
Work on support for Polish offshore is prolonged
Poland's Ministry of Climate and Environment has announced that the work of the team for setting the maximum price for electricity from offshore wind farms will be extended until June 14, 2024. The reason for this decision is the need for [...]
POLAND: Wind energy potential on industrial sites reaches 20 GW
The potential of wind energy on industrial sites reaches 20 GW, according to a report that the Institute for Renewable Energy prepared for the Re-Source Poland HUB. The technical potential of wind power that would be feasible on industrial sites (in [...]
Ocean Winds’ experience at Moray West project will serve implementation of BC-Wind
Ocean Winds, as a global company with offshore wind farm projects around the world, organized a trip to the Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland for employees of the Polish BC-Wind project. The Moray West project is an 882-MW offshore [...]
PIMEW Offshore Wind Energy Cup 2024: Interview with Jakub Budzynski on Sports Integration of the Industry
We are just a few days away from the fourth edition of the PIMEW Offshore Wind Energy Cup 2024 regatta. This is a great opportunity to talk with Jakub Budzyński, President of the Polish Offshore Wind Industry Chamber, about the importance [...]
Offshore transformer station construction agreements signed by MFW Bałtyk II and III with Iemants
The project companies of offshore wind farm Bałtyk II and offshore wind farm Bałtyk III have signed reservation and pre-work agreements with Iemants for the design and construction of offshore transformer stations, stated Polenergia in a press release. The booking agreements [...]
Preliminary geotechnical campaign for Baltica 1 launched
PGE Baltica has launched a study to identify the Baltic Sea bottom for one of its offshore wind farm projects, Baltica 1. This task is being performed for the investor by Geoquip Marine. The main purpose of a geotechnical campaign in [...]
Baltic Power talks to fishermen of the Polish coast
Baltic Power held talks with representatives of the fishing communities of Ustka, Łeba and Władysławowo, thus starting a series of information meetings on the construction of Poland's first offshore wind farm. Perspectives for the development of offshore wind energy in Poland [...]
Cadeler strengthens position in Polish offshore wind market
Cadeler A/S has secured vessel reservation agreements with both MFW Bałtyk II Sp. z.o.o. and MFW Bałtyk III Sp. z.o.o., each a joint venture project owned 50% by Equinor and 50% by Polenergia, marking the first contract between the parties. The [...]
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 [...]