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CEP Makes ‘Significant’ Oil Discovery Offshore Poland

Jul 22, 2025

Canadian exploration and production company Central European Petroleum (CEP) has made a significant oil discovery in its fully owned and operated Wolin East 1 (WE1) well, located in the Baltic Sea, offshore Poland.The WE1 well was drilled using Noble Corporation’s Noble Resolve jack-up rig in waters 9.5 meters deep and reached a vertical depth of 2715 meters.Tests confirmed a 62-meter hydrocarbon column…

Lithuania Scraps Second Offshore Wind Tender as Only One Bidder Applies

Oct 08, 2025

Lithuania’s National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC) has announced that the second offshore wind tender, which targeted the development 700 MW of offshore wind capacity in the Baltic Sea, failed as it attracted only one bid.NERC informed that…

Ignitis Group Places Bid for 700MW Baltic Sea Offshore Wind Tender

Oct 08, 2025

Ignitis Group, a Lithuanian state-owned energy holding company, has submitted a bid for the rights to develop at least 700 MW of offshore wind capacity in the Baltic Sea, as part of Lithuanian state-backed auction.Ignitis Group participated in the tender through ‘Ignitis renewables projektai 5’…

Acteon’s UTEC Nets Structural Monitoring Deal for Polish Baltica 2 OW Farm

Sep 30, 2025

UTEC, Acteon's Geo-Services business line, has secured a structural monitoring contract for Baltica 2, set to be the largest offshore wind project in the Polish part of the Baltic Sea, jointly developed by Ørsted and PGE.Ørsted commissioned Acteon for the design…

Baltica 2 Offshore Wind Farm Sees First Monopiles Roll Out

Sep 29, 2025

The first batch of monopiles for Baltica 2, a 1.5 GW offshore wind farm being developed by Ørsted and PGE in the Baltic Sea, has rolled off the factory floor, marking a key milestone for what will be Poland’s largest offshore wind project.A total of 111 monopiles are planned for the project…

EU Greenlights $755M for Bornholm Offshore Energy Hub

Sep 04, 2025

The European Commission is providing a €645 million ($755.10 million) grant for a renewable energy cluster near Bornholm in the Baltic Sea, Germany's economy ministry said Thursday, a major step towards the creation of a cross-border offshore hub…

Siemens Gamesa Lines Up 63-Turbine Order for German Offshore Wind Farm

Jul 18, 2025

Skyborn Renewables has confirmed the execution of the Turbine Supply Agreement (TSA) and the Offshore Long Term Program Service Agreement (LTPSA) with Siemens Gamesa for the provision of 63 SG 14-23 wind turbines and their long term service for the Gennaker offshore wind farm in Germany…

Equinor, Polenergia Agree on Polish Offshore Wind Project

May 19, 2025

Norway's Equinor and Poland's Polenergia made a final investment decision for the project to build two wind farms off the Polish coast of the Baltic Sea, the Warsaw-based company said on Monday.The two farms, each with a generation capacity of 720 megawatts are set to cost a total of about 6…

EIB, EBRD Grant $620M for Poland’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Feb 03, 2025

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have granted a total of $623.6 million to support the development of 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm, the second and the largest offshore wind farm in Poland…

Enefit Green Picks AFRY for Estonia’s Offshore Wind Farm Design

Jan 20, 2025

Swedish engineering consultancy AFRY has been selected by Enefit Green to deliver front-end engineering design (FEED) services for the 1 GW Liivi Bay offshore wind farm in Estonia.AFRY, in collaboration with its partners, the offshore energy engineering firms Enersea…

Subsea Sabotage in the Baltic Sea - a Timeline for Perspective

Jan 03, 2025

A Finnish court today denied a request for the release of an oil tanker suspected by police of damaging an undersea power line and four telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea last week. The incident was one of several since 2022 in which…

RWE Receives Construction Permits for Polish Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 03, 2024

Polish authorities have issued two construction permits to RWE for its Baltic II offshore wind farm.The permits cover construction of offshore wind turbines along with inter-array and telecommunications cables and offshore substation for the 350 MW offshore wind farm…

EU Court Rejects Nord Stream 2 Challenge to Gas Legislation

Nov 27, 2024

The lower court at the European Court of Justice has dismissed an attempt by Russia's Nord Stream 2 to contest the EU's unbundling rules on gas transmission pipelines, the court said in a statement on Wednesday.In 2019, the EU amended its gas…

ABL to Oversee Offshore Installation Works for Iberdrola’s German OW Farm

Nov 26, 2024

Energy and marine consultancy ABL, a subsidiary of ABL Group ASA, has been awarded a sizeable contract to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services to support the offshore construction of Iberdrola’s 315 MW Windanker offshore wind farm, offshore Germany…

StreamTec to Work on Hydrogen Transmission Infrastructure in Baltic Sea

Nov 19, 2024

Gasgrid, the Finnish gas TSO, has selected StreamTec Solutions as its owners engineering partner to support development of hydrogen transmission infrastructure projects in the Baltic Sea.These hydrogen transmission infrastructure projects are…

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