Summary - Baltic Offshore Wind Transmission 2026 (7th Annual Conference). Online registration by Cvent

Background and Objective

Offshore wind in the Baltic Sea region has moved beyond the planning stage and will soon be an operational reality. Several major projects are progressing toward construction completion, with first production expected in 2026. This marks a significant milestone in the region's energy transition — from ambition and design to physical infrastructure delivery and system integration.

While development momentum remains strong, the transition is facing execution challenges, particularly on the grid side. Transmission readiness, subsea cable resilience, permitting complexity, and cross-border coordination have emerged as critical factors that continue to directly impact project delivery timelines. The security of maritime infrastructure has also moved sharply up the agenda, following a series of incidents involving undersea cables and pipelines that have highlighted the vulnerability of the region’s critical energy networks.

Transmission System Operators (TSOs) of the eight Baltic Sea countries (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden) are collaborating under the Baltic Offshore Grid Initiative (BOGI) to address these grid-related challenges. The initiative sets the foundation for hybrid interconnection projects and multi-purpose offshore energy hubs. The scale of the ambition is considerable: BOGI's system study identifies approximately 13 GW of new cross-border interconnection capacity and up to 50 GW of additional offshore wind by 2040. The study further indicates that these interconnectors would operate with high utilisation throughout the year and significantly reduce system costs, price peaks, and CO₂ emissions.

The long-term targets highlight both the urgency and the opportunity ahead. This will require a coordinated action across TSOs, developers, regulators and the industry to align permitting processes, grid development, supply chains, and investment commitments.

Against this backdrop, Global Transmission is organizing the 7th Annual Conference on Offshore Wind Transmission Baltic on November 5, 2026, at Radisson Collection Hotel, Warsaw. As the region enters this next phase of delivery, the conference will focus on solutions for project execution, grid integration, supply chain resilience, and system security to turn the Baltic Sea’s offshore wind ambition into operational reality.