Environment

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

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Figures released by WindEurope last week show that offshore wind is being developed far more slowly than it needs to be to meet EU 2030 targets.

14th January 2025

INTERVIEW: Just half of Europe’s offshore wind target met

14th January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Engineering firm IMI has announced it will provide a PEM electrolyser to produce hydrogen at the Lithuanian Port of Klaipėda.

13th January 2025

Port to install green H2 electrolyser to power waste vessel

13th January 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Ocean technology giant Kongsberg Discovery has snapped up the Norwegian underwater environmental monitoring firm Naxys Technologies.

10th January 2025

Kongsberg Discovery boosts portfolio with Naxys purchase

10th January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Energy and marine consultancy ABL Group (AqualisBraemar LOC) has been contracted to assess navigational risks associated with Finland’s first open-sea offshore wind farm.

10th January 2025

Shipping study commissioned to assess wind farm risk

10th January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Norwegian energy giant Equinor has secured $3 billion financing for the next stage of its Empire Wind project around 30 miles southeast of Long Island, New York.

6th January 2025

Equinor secures $3 billion for NY wind farm

6th January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Energy firm EDF Renewables and Maple Power will design, build, operate and take down a 250MW floating offshore wind farm off the coast of France.

3rd January 2025

EDF consortium wins floating wind tender

3rd January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Oil giant BP has teamed up with Japan’s largest power generation firm JERA Nex to create a ‘top-tier’ global offshore wind joint venture.

11th December 2024

BP joint venture could revolutionise offshore wind industry

11th December 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Tugdock and Sarens have successfully secured funding from The Crown Estate’s Supply Chain Accelerator to develop a heavy lift Operations and Maintenance (O&M) hub at ABP’s Port Talbot, Wales.

11th December 2024

Crown Estate backing for floating offshore wind O&M hub

11th December 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A cable-monitoring system has been unveiled that identifies transmission failure at an early enough stage that outages can be eliminated, its developer says.

10th December 2024

Cable-detection in pipeline for Dogger Bank

10th December 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Despite signs of reluctance with regard to offshore wind in the US, such as the recent cancellation of the Attentive One project near New York, other positive moves are emerging.

10th December 2024

New Act unveiled to speed up US wind projects

10th December 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Sri Lanka is about to issue tenders for offshore wind projects, the Sri Lankan newspaper The Morning has reported, with ‘an ambitious’ roadmap drawn up by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP).

6th December 2024

Sri Lanka to prepare tenders for offshore wind

6th December 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Not a single bid has been received for offshore wind tenders in Denmark, the Danish Energy Agency said yesterday, in an echo of a similar occurrence in the UK two years ago.

6th December 2024

Danish blow to offshore wind as auction fails

6th December 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Ørsted, the Simply Blue Group and Subsea7 are seeking supplier innovations to develop a 100MW floating offshore wind project that will be linked to an onshore battery storage facility.

28th November 2024

Ørsted JV calls for floating wind innovations

28th November 2024