Environment

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Scandinavia’s biggest port has reached the final phase of a pilot project that uses a hydrogen generator to supply electricity to docked ships.

7th May 2025

Gothenburg switches on H2 generator to supply shorepower

7th May 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Energy giant Ørsted has pulled the plug on Hornsea 4, the fourth offshore wind farm of a total 8GW of potential offshore wind off the east coast of northern England.

7th May 2025

Ørsted scraps massive North Sea wind farm

7th May 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Nine pioneering UK companies have secured places on a nine-month technology accelerator programme aimed at advancing innovation in the offshore wind industry.

2nd May 2025

UK SMEs join wind accelerator

2nd May 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

UK government backing of £21.7 billion (€25.5 billion) has been given to an Eni-operated carbon capture project being called ‘the backbone’ of one of the world’s most advanced clusters.

1st May 2025

UK carbon capture project given green light

1st May 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The first wind turbine at Germany’s largest offshore wind farm under construction has been installed, says site owner EnBW, the energy company.

29th April 2025

First turbine installed at Germany’s biggest OSW farm

29th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

With the benefits of hindsight, a good question to pose is why at an electricity-generating offshore wind farm, electricity wasn’t used on site to charge the vessels carrying out operations and maintenance…

29th April 2025

INTERVIEW: Stillstrom on the brink of offshore charging roll-out

29th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The first foundation of a €4.7 billion offshore wind farm in the UK has been installed, standing 84 metres tall, more than 10 metres in diameter and 1,800 tonnes in weight.

29th April 2025

Largest monopile installed by jack-up in Europe

29th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Despite the headwinds facing the US offshore wind sector since Donald Trump re-took the White House, signs such as the ground-breaking of a subsea cable factory are showing that the industry is…

29th April 2025

US subsea cable facility breaks ground

29th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The global offshore wind sector experienced a year of mixed outcomes in 2024, as rapid innovation, shifting market dynamics and policy reforms shaped the sector.

24th April 2025

Headwinds and tailwinds in offshore wind: Report

24th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

North Sea transmission system operators (TSOs) have come together to coordinate offshore grids and implement cross-border projects.

18th April 2025

12 offshore TSOs lay foundations for offshore grids

18th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

With onshore wind a major component of Turkey’s energy production, it is now turning its attention to offshore wind.

11th April 2025

Turkey set to plunge into offshore wind

11th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Ørsted’s new CEO has called on Europe to install 10GW of offshore wind each year – but panellists at the WindEurope event in Copenhagen voiced concerns over a range of things that…

10th April 2025

Ørsted CEO calls on Europe to install 10GW/year offshore wind

10th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Two large offshore wind farms in UK waters have been given the green light – one an expansion of an existing fixed-bottom site, one a roll-out of floating turbines.

7th April 2025

Two major offshore wind projects announced for UK

7th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

As the UK government prepares to put emissions penalties on vessels below 400GT for the first time, it has issued a call for evidence (CfE) to help it decide how, when and…

4th April 2025

Decarbonising smaller vessels: UK calls for evidence

4th April 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Nearly a year since it started, the Skandia Gateway fairway deepening project at the Port of Gothenburg is making strides in marine civils while cutting its carbon footprint by 10,000 tons of…

4th April 2025

CO2-friendly green port construction

4th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A ‘bomb hunt’ has been completed along a subsea pipeline route where CO2 will be sent to and stored in depleted gas fields in the North Sea near Rotterdam.

2nd April 2025

UXO survey all-clear for North Sea CCS project

2nd April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The world’s first commercial ammonia fuelled tugboat, Sakigake, has successfully completed a three-month demonstration voyage in Tokyo Bay, achieving up to a 95% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

2nd April 2025

Nippon’s ammonia tug completes demo voyage

2nd April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

It’s time for Spain to get afloat, says Juan de Dios Lopez, Technical and Industrial director with the Wind Energy Business Association (Asociación Empresarial Eólica - AEE).

1st April 2025

Interview: Call for action in Spain’s offshore wind sector

1st April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Cruise Port Rotterdam has switched on its shorepower supply facility on Holland Amerikakade, placing it well ahead of European law, which stipulates that all cruise ships in European ports must use shorepower…

1st April 2025

Shorepower switched on at Cruise Port Rotterdam

1st April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Vestas has won an order for 68 of its 15MW wind turbines for Germany’s largest offshore wind farm, owned by Vattenfall.

1st April 2025

Vestas wins contract for Germany’s largest offshore wind farm

1st April 2025