Environment

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

AI-equipped drones have the potential to increase offshore wind efficiency, offering safer, faster and more cost-effective inspection, maintenance and cargo delivery for windfarms worldwide.

26th February 2025

WATCH: AI drones seek to revolutionise windfarm operations

26th February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A study into the viability of charging electric support vessels at the offshore wind farms they work on has shown the practice is technically and financially feasible.

24th February 2025

Study confirms charging viability at wind farms

24th February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Canada has joined national and regional governments to become a member of the ‘Global Offshore Wind Alliance’, founded at COP27 in 2022.

19th February 2025

Canada joins global offshore wind club

19th February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Source Galileo has signed an MoU with Portland Port UK to advance offshore renewables, enhancing offshore wind development, infrastructure and local economic growth along the Dorset coast.

19th February 2025

PortWind partnership boosts UK offshore wind expansion

19th February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

CorPower Ocean, turnkey developer of wave energy technology, has been awarded €17.5 million in funding to further accelerate the commercialisation of its cutting-edge wave energy technology.

18th February 2025

WATCH: The quest to commercialise wave energy technology

18th February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A Danish-German energy island project in the Baltic Sea has been handed a cool €645 million from the European Commission.

12th February 2025

Offshore energy islands hit delays despite funding

12th February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A first-of-its-kind tidal scheme has been given Welsh government backing in the form of an £8 million (€9.6 million) equity stake.

10th February 2025

Wales government backs tidal energy scheme

10th February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The first monopile has been installed at the Baltic Power offshore wind farm being developed by Orlen and Northland Power for Poland.

10th February 2025

First monopile installed at Baltic Power site

10th February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Cadeler has inked a deal with Ocean Winds for the transportation and installation of approximately 30 wind turbine generators at the BC-Wind offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea.

7th February 2025

Cadeler expands presence in Poland

7th February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Siemens Gamesa is working on an offshore wind turbine that dwarfs its current standard of 14MW.

5th February 2025

Denmark reveals 20MW mammoth turbine prototype

5th February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The Construction Service Operation Vessel (CSOV), IWS Seawalker, has been awarded the 2025 Offshore Energy Vessel of the Year at the Annual Offshore Support Journal Conference in London.

5th February 2025

IWS Seawalker named 2025 offshore energy vessel of the year

5th February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Plans to build cable layers and support vessels for offshore wind developments have been announced in Poland.

4th February 2025

Poland signs LOI for offshore wind vessels

4th February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has cancelled its fourth offshore wind project, citing ‘political headwinds’ and ‘recent federal actions’.

4th February 2025

Trump effect hits New Jersey offshore wind

4th February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) and world-leading offshore wind developer Ørsted have taken a Final Investment Decision on the 1.5GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea.

3rd February 2025

FID taken on Baltica 2 offshore wind farm

3rd February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Despite US President Donald Trump suspending new offshore wind leasing on his first day in office, Maryland’s Public Service Commission has finalised an expanded offtake agreement for US Wind’s Maryland Offshore Wind project.

29th January 2025

US windfarm moves ahead despite Trump disdain

29th January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A new concept in offshore wind could completely change how installations are performed and maintained.

29th January 2025

Unique ‘wind wall’ wins grant for offshore Norway

29th January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Offshore wind is set to double in 2026 and will remain stable this year, a new report by business analysts Wood Mackenzie predicts.

28th January 2025

Offshore wind faces a pivotal year: Report

28th January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has awarded £3 million (€3.5 million) to 12 companies and launched a new development programme to boost the UK offshore renewables supply chain.

22nd January 2025

UK focuses on boosting offshore renewables supply chain

22nd January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The final shipment of monopiles has left China for Denmark, where installation of its largest offshore wind farm is about to begin.

16th January 2025

Last monopiles sent to Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm

16th January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Ports are struggling with a raft of rules that tell them to decarbonise, and researchers are burning their night candles working out how to reduce emissions for the vessels that use them…

15th January 2025

Challenges of ports decarbonisation: An academic overview

15th January 2025