Environment

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Among the many themes at last week’s Get Set Workboat 2050 Seawork conference in Rotterdam was hydrogen – and with the famous hydrogen water taxis whizzing up and down the Nieuwe Masse…

31st March 2025

Workboat conference discusses hydrogen amid looming penalties

31st March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership’s (OWGP) Manufacturing Facility Support Programme (MFSP) has been designed to drive investment and increase UK offshore wind manufacturing capacity and capability.

31st March 2025

£1.4m boost for UK offshore wind manufacturing

31st March 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Decarbonising the workboat industry must also run in parallel with vital security resilience, the first Seawork conference to be held outside the UK discussed this week.

28th March 2025

Workboat conference on security risks and going green

28th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The International Salvage Union’s (ISU) annual pollution prevention survey again demonstrates the vital role of professional salvors in protecting the marine environment and the importance of a sustainable salvage industry.

27th March 2025

The importance of a sustainable salvage industry

27th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

With a Spanish government target that 81 per cent of the country’s electricity must come from renewables by 2030, the fact that the country does not have a single megawatt of offshore…

24th March 2025

Tidal, wave or floating wind? 4 emerging Spanish technologies

24th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Panellists and delegates have accused the EC of ignoring inferior practices in non-European countries that make competition in the sector unfair and a threat to survival.

24th March 2025

EC must implement fairer rules to halt Chinese ‘disgrace’

24th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Dutch wind turbine foundation technology firm GBM Works says it has developed a silent method of installing offshore wind turbine foundations, virtually eliminating noise pollution.

21st March 2025

Dutch firm reveals vibration technology for silent pile driving

21st March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

CorPower Ocean is developing AI modelling for wave energy, which aims to enhance offshore renewable efficiency through improved control and greater autonomy in energy production.

19th March 2025

Using AI to improve wave energy efficiency

19th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Offshore wind will ‘lead Europe to energy transition’, according to energy giant Iberdrola’s chief of renewables, despite hurdles that had been put up by Covid and Russia invading Ukraine.

19th March 2025

Iberdrola chief calls offshore wind ‘revolution of 21st century’

19th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Three of GeoXYZ’s fleet of vessels have been deployed to conduct seabed surveys at the site of the Jammerland Bugt offshore wind farm. 

17th March 2025

Three survey vessels set sail for Danish wind farm

17th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

As offshore renewable projects grow in number and scale, they are also expanding in type of project: as well as fixed-bottom and floating wind projects, we are now seeing tidal turbines, which…

13th March 2025

Studies examine impact of offshore wind on marine food chain

13th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

UK government offshore renewables innovation centre ORE Catapult has turned to the Far East to boost floating wind technologies.

13th March 2025

UK signs MoU with Japan on floating wind

13th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Proteus Marine Renewables (PMR) has joined the Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) Board of Directors, further strengthening its position as a global leader in marine renewables.

13th March 2025

Ocean Energy strengthens its position on tidal

13th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Italian floating wind technology firm Saipem has been chosen to provide its Star 1 floating wind foundations for the 7 Seas Med installation in the Strait of Sicily and the Ichnusa Wind…

11th March 2025

Saipem signed up for two Italian floating wind projects

11th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Energy giant Ørsted and partner Nuveen Infrastructure have switched on the fifth offshore wind farm in Germany operated by Ørsted.

11th March 2025

Ørsted switches on 5th German offshore wind farm

11th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Four Scottish companies are trialling the use of hydrogen as a shore power fuel for tugs in a first-of-a-kind demonstrator project.

11th March 2025

Hydrogen on trial as shore power for tugs

11th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Environmental assessments have cleared the way for a Swedish floating wind project to apply for final permissions to go ahead.

10th March 2025

Swedish floating wind takes next step

10th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Fugro has been awarded a major geotechnical survey contract for the Blue Mackerel offshore windfarm, a pioneering marine renewables project off Australia’s Gippsland coast.

10th March 2025

Fugro secures key offshore wind survey contract

10th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The UK government has agreed a £55 million (€66 million) grant to expand one of Scotland’s ports into a floating wind hub.

10th March 2025

UK backs floating wind hub with £55 million grant

10th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Associated British Ports (ABP) has begun the planning process for the country’s largest floating solar project at the Port of Barrow in north-west England.

7th March 2025

ABP submits floating solar plans

7th March 2025