The Finnish medium Yle reports that plans to expand the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm (42 GW) in the waters of the Gulf of Bothnia could harm the environment. This is the result of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) carried out for the extension project. [ā¦]
Tekmar Energy Limited, a Tekmar Group Company, announces a contract award from Van Oord to supply its Generation 10 Cable Protection System (āCPSā) for the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, Germany. [ā¦]
On July 30, the Polish Council of Ministers adopted a resolution on an installation terminal for offshore wind farms, submitted by the Minister of Infrastructure. The government wants to create the main port facilities to support offshore wind farms at the Port of Gdynia. [ā¦]
The European Commission (EC) has adopted a package of legislative proposals setting out legislative tools to achieve Europeās climate goals which will promote greener solutions, sustainability and energy independence. The main changes include improving the legislation to promote wider use of renewable energy, an elaborated and stricter system of emission [...]
Polish decision-makers have long emphasized the issue of the involvement of Polish companies in the development of offshore wind energy in the Baltic Sea. A report has been prepared which shows that the current potential of local content in the supply chain for offshore wind energy is estimated at 20-25 [...]
Dear Readers, two months of operation of the BalticWind.EU platform are behind us. We are very pleased that more and more readers are coming every day. Despite the holiday season, the industry is not slowing down and in July there was a lot of interesting information about the offshore wind [...]
The EUās climate neutrality requires 1,300 GW of wind power by 2050 and a doubling of the annual wind energy installation rates. EU State aid rules are key to creating the conditions for a cost-effective transition to a climate neutral economy. This consultation response outlines the recommendations of the European [...]
Exceptionally positive earnings trend in energy trading leads to an upgraded earnings forecast for RWE fiscal 2021. Adjusted EBITDA for RWE Group now between ā¬3.0 billion and ā¬3.4 billion expected.Ā [ā¦]
The technology group WƤrtsilƤ has been selected to supply an integrated propulsion and dynamic positioning thruster solution, including the engines, a WƤrtsilƤ NOx reducer emission abatement system, as well as steerable and tunnel thrusters to deliver optimum performance for vessel dynamic positioning in this new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV). [...]
Boosting offshore renewables will accelerate the energy transition and allow G20 countries to build a resilient and sustainable energy system, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) finds.Ā Offshore Renewables: An Action Agenda for DeploymentĀ actively contributes to the G20 agenda by identifying actions which support the commercialisation of [...]
Hexicon, a leading technology and project developer in floating wind farms, has completed its acquisition of the Wave Hub renewable energy test site in Cornwall, South West England, paving the way for Hexiconās first deployment of its Twinwind floating foundation technology in UK waters by 2025. [ā¦]
A public procurement notice for the construction of an Estonian-Latvian offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea has appeared in the Estonian Public Procurement Register. The tender concerns the implementation of the ELWIND feasibility study. [ā¦]
Dutch MEP Peter van Dalen answers BalticWind.EUās 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 and other renewable energy systems on the fisheries sector. [ā¦]
Deutsche Windtechnikās new offshore service hub enables turbine service spanning multiple wind farms with different turbine technologies ā response times during the 2020/21 winter season were under three hours. [ā¦]
RWE, one of the worldās leading renewable energy companies, has signed an agreement with the Danish firm Systematic to deploy an innovative information management tool across its global fleet of offshore wind farms. The new system will be installed at RWEās offshore wind projects in the UK first, followed by [...]
Vattenfall and Parkwind have agreed to cooperate in direct marketingĀ in the offshore wind power sector where Vattenfall will be marketing the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore windfarm in the Baltic Sea. [ā¦]
Global Wind Energy Council presented an open letter from the wind energy industry to G20 and world leaders. Industry representatives calls: itās time to get serious about renewables. [ā¦]
The Swedish Wind Energy Association (SWEA) informs that so far in 2021, 15 billion Swedish kronor (1,47 billion euro) has already been invested in wind energy. Sweden attracted the most investments among the Scandinavian and Baltic countries. [ā¦]
For the first time in more than ten years, there will be no expansion of offshore wind energy in Germany this year. This expansion gap is not the expression of a lack of interest on the part of investors or a lack of strength on the part of the industry, but a consequence of [...]
Four new and significant members have joined the Latvian Wind Energy Association (LWEA) in the last six months ā renewable energy project developer Sunly, number one offshore wind developer globally Ćrsted, solar and wind farm developer European Energy and SIA Gaismas rati, a local company offering high altitude solutions. [...]
On 1st July members of the European Parliamentās Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) debated a draft report by Morten Petersen on the European Unionās strategy for offshore renewable energy. We are asking the Danish Member of European Parliament for a comment on the report. [ā¦]
Swedenās environment ministry has focused on municipalitiesā right to object to the construction of wind farms. For this purpose, a special team was set up to study the consequences of its removal or to present a different alternative. It turned out that the optimal proposal was presented against the previous [...]