Environment News – Page 8
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NewsWasaline claims it’s hit net zero five years early
Ferry operator Wasaline has become the first shipping company in the Baltic Sea to reach carbon neutrality, five years ahead of its original 2030 target, it says.
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News£111 million port expansion granted dredge licences
A major expansion at one of Scotland’s ports has passed a milestone with the granting of marine and dredging licences.
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NewsEU hands France €11 billion for offshore wind
The European Commission has agreed to give France €11 billion to support its offshore wind energy industry.
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NewsAmpereship converts first diesel ferry to electric
German shipbuilder Ampereship has converted a 42.4m passenger ferry to full electric propulsion
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NewsCanada seeks European expertise on offshore wind drive
Canada will turn to Europe in its drive to unlock offshore wind potential, the government has said.
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NewsNo bids received in German offshore wind auction
Germany’s second offshore wind auction for 2025 has failed to attract a single bid.
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NewsOil giant BP enters offshore wind JV despite ‘reset’
Oil giant BP has finalised a joint venture in offshore wind, despite announcing cutbacks from renewables just 6 months ago.
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NewsRWE signs long-term agreements with North Star for 2+2 SOVs
German energy firm RWE has contracted two of North Star’s SOVs for up to 12 years with another two newbuilds planned in a few years’ time.
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NewsHyNet boosts UK carbon capture
HyNet is advancing with five priority carbon capture projects that will remove the trace gas from industrial waste.
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News54m jacket towed out to Atlantic coast
A substation jacket for the Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm has been installed off the French Atlantic coast after an impressive navigation underneath a 100-year-old bridge.
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NewsUlstein converts wind vessel for oil and gas
Shipbuilder Ulstein will convert an existing Commissioning Service Operation Vessel into a Walk-to-Work vessel for unmanned production platform on the Norwegian continental shelf, it says.
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NewsFloating wind takes pride of place in Gulf of Lion
Ocean Winds and partner Banque des Territoires have installed the first of three floating wind turbines that they say are the most powerful floating turbines in the world.
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NewsFirst Jones Act-compliant cable layer deal agreed
The first US-flagged cable-lay barge to connect offshore wind farms to the US grid will be built by the new partnership of Nexans and Crowley Wind Services.
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NewsFalmouth rolls out HVO for workboat fleet
The UK’s Falmouth Harbour in the southwest of England has created an HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) re-fuelling facility for its workboat fleet.
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NewsCanada dives into offshore wind with first areas designated
The Canadian government has selected the first four areas for offshore wind development in the east coastal province of Nova Scotia with a target to license 5GW by 2030.
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NewsBattery-powered ROV reveals deep-sea biodiversity
An ROV expedition off Sardinia has revealed rich biodiversity off the northeastern coast of Sardinia in depths of more than 1,000 metres.
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News‘World’s largest’ wind farm approved despite bird death fears
The latest ‘world’s largest offshore wind farm’ has been given the green light in the UK despite a number of wildlife agencies raising concerns about the developer’s own estimates that thousands of sea birds that could be slaughtered once commissioned.
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NewsTrump vetoes “unreliable” and “foreign” energy
The US Trump Administration has effectively ended any preferential treatment for what it calls unreliable subsidy-dependent renewables
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NewsNew carbon rules threaten UK offshore edge
The UK’s early move to expand the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) to offshore vessels could raise UK port costs
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NewsInstallation deal signals untapped Baltic Sea potential
The Norwegian offshore wind transporter and installer Fred. Olsen Windcarrier will transport and install 63 wind turbines for the Gennaker wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.
