8 05, 2023

Government study evaluating offshore wind projects may delay their development in Sweden

By |May 8th, 2023|OFFSHORE NEWS, REGULATORY, SWEDEN|

On the 3rd of May, The Swedish government presented how they want to conduct a better assessment of offshore wind development. In its commentary, Svensk Vindenergi (the Swedish Wind Energy Association), welcomes clearer long-term rules in the field, but at the same time stresses that right now the top priority must be to decide on [...]

20 03, 2023

Unique study: birds avoid wind turbine blades

By |March 20th, 2023|OFFSHORE NEWS|

Seabirds deliberately avoid wind turbine rotor blades offshore – that is the main finding of a new study that mapped the flightpaths of thousands of birds around wind turbines in the North Sea. Most importantly, during two years of monitoring using cameras and radar, not a single bird was recorded colliding with a rotor blade. [...]

15 03, 2023

RWE bets on education and close cooperation with academia

By |March 15th, 2023|#EduOffshoreWind, POLAND|

In the coming years, the renewable energy sector will be one of the most attractive in the labour market. RWE, as the leader in renewable energy and the number two player in the global offshore wind power sector, not only supports an array of educational projects but also strives to further develop the scientific potential [...]

7 03, 2023

Important step for Skåne Offshore Wind Farm – granted Natura 2000- permit

By |March 7th, 2023|OFFSHORE NEWS, PROJECTS, SWEDEN|

The County Administrative Board of Skåne has granted the energy company Ørsted a permit for construction and operation of Skåne Havsvindpark in connection with a Natura 2000 area south of Skåne. Skåne Offshore Wind Farm can produce about 7 TWh of electricity, equivalent to half of Skåne's electricity consumption today. The County Administrative Board has [...]

13 10, 2022

Baltic Power project driving new investments

By |October 13th, 2022|OFFSHORE NEWS, POLAND, PROJECTS, TOP NEWS|

Poland’s first installation terminal to be located in Świnoujście and a turbine factory to be built by Vestas in Szczecin are two new investment projects now afoot in connection with the Baltic Power offshore wind farm.  The joint venture project between the ORLEN Group and Northland Power will require 76 state-of-the-art 15 MW turbines from [...]

15 09, 2022

Smulders and Haizea to cooperate in Baltic Power

By |September 15th, 2022|OFFSHORE NEWS, POLAND, PROJECTS|

Smulders and Haizea Bilbao S.L. have signed a Selected Supplier Agreement under which the two companies – subject to them concluding on the final contract – will cooperate for the supply and fabrication of more than 70 transition pieces for the Baltic Power offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic [...]

12 09, 2022

PG expands offshore wind power cooperation with PGE Baltica

By |September 12th, 2022|OFFSHORE NEWS, POLAND|

PGE Baltica, the company responsible for the implementation of the PGE Group’s Offshore Programme, will be a partner in the 6th edition of the Offshore Wind Energy postgraduate studies conducted at the Gdańsk University of Technology. A letter of intent signed with university authorities on Thursday, 8 September 2022, paves [...]

9 09, 2022

This week in Baltic Offshore Wind in 5 minutes – Episode 30

By |September 9th, 2022|AUTHORS, PODCAST|

Episode 30 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, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts and Stitcher. This podcast is prepared by especially for those who have little [...]

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