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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 directive to extend its rules to third country gas pipelines. Nord Stream 2 is a subsidiary of Russia's state-owned gas company Gazprom.'Those rules provide, in particular…

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…

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…

Poland Launches $5.5B Offshore Wind Loan Plan

Aug 14, 2024

Poland is launching a nearly 5 billion euro ($5.46 billion) programme financed from the European Union's recovery funds to provide loans to builders of offshore wind farms on the Baltic Sea, the state assets ministry and bank BGK said on Tuesday…

Germany Seeks Arrest of Ukrainian Diver in Nord Stream Probe

Aug 14, 2024

Germany has asked Poland to arrest a Ukrainian diving instructor who was allegedly part of a team that blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines two years ago, according to reports in German media published on Wednesday.However, one media outlet said the man appeared to be no longer living in Poland…

Ørsted, PGE Offer Look Into Future of Offshore Surveying

Jul 30, 2024

U.S. marine robotics company Ocean Infinity has completed an offshore wind farm survey for Ørsted and PGE in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea, using lean crewed vessel and real-time remote data management.The project team based in Ocean Infinity’s operations centre in Gothenburg…

Ramboll to Design Foundations for 945MW German Offshore Wind Farm

Jul 08, 2024

Danish engineering group Ramboll has secured a foundation design contract for Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.Ramboll's scope of work includes developing the basic and detailed design of 63 monopile foundations that will…

Iberdrola Gives Go-Ahead for Its Third Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

Jun 27, 2024

Iberdrola has taken the final investment decision (FID) for its Windanker offshore wind farm, located in the German Baltic Sea, advancing the 315 MW project to delivery phase.Windanker wind farm will reinforce Iberdrola’s Baltic Hub, which will add more than 1…

RWE to Explore Creation of Baltic Sea Offshore Wind Hub with Swedish Port

May 31, 2024

RWE and Smålandshamnar, which operates the Swedish Port of Oskarshamn, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore whether the port could serve as the offshore wind hub.The collaboration will assess if the port could be a suitable harbor for the logistics…

Denmark Ends Investigation of Nord Stream Pipeline Blasts

Feb 26, 2024

Denmark on Monday said it had dropped its investigation into the explosions in 2022 on the Nord Stream pipelines carrying Russian gas to Germany, becoming the second nation to do so after neighboring Sweden closed its own inquiry.The multi-billion…

Van Oord Wraps Up Cable Installation at Iberdrola's Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 20, 2023

Van Oord has completed the installation of all 50 foundations and inter-array cables for Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm, located offshore Germany.Earlier in 2023, heavy-lift installation vessel Svanen installed the monopiles. The wind turbine…

Finland-Estonia Gas Pipeline System to Get Bigger Capacity after Repair

Nov 22, 2023

The Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia, which was damaged last month, will get a bigger northbound transmission capacity next year following repairs, Finnish operator Gasgrid said in a statement on Wednesday.The increase…

Final Turbines Installed at German Baltic Sea Wind Farm During Stormy Weather

Nov 16, 2023

Offshore wind developer Parkwind said Thursday that it had installed the final three turbines of its 27-turbine Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm, marking the first time that turbines at a commercial fixed-bottom wind farm were installed using a floating vessel and not a jack-up unit…

Kremlin: More Signs Appear of Ukrainian Involvement in Nord Stream Blasts

Nov 13, 2023

The Kremlin said on Monday that more signs were appearing of Ukrainian involvement in the blasts that ruptured Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines last year, following a Washington Post report that a Ukrainian military officer coordinated the attack…

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