by Przemysław Myszka

The past year was again rife with different kinds of green developments taking place (or at least announced) across the Baltic Sea region, on- and offshore.

There was, however, a noticeable shift in where the focus was placed. Whereas liquefied natural gas (LNG) always supplied a sizeable portion of news bits, other future fuel candidates garnered more attention last year (and methanol called the tune here).

The same holds for offshore wind energy, with all sorts of organisations - including, naturally, the regional seaports - deciding the time is ripe to put their money where their mouths are.

Capturing, storing, utilising, and shipping carbon also became a topic in and of itself (likewise the uptake of electric trucks and charging them, leastways in the Nordics).

At the same time, cold ironing is still very much a thing in the Baltic Sea, while ports and terminals harvesting themselves solar energy is increasingly becoming one (and some will harness wind, too).

The latest round-up only justifies that the right time came for us to create the Baltic Green Map and the accompanying Catalogue, the go-to publications if you want to quickly get the lay of the (green Baltic) land (and sea).

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