Environment

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A consortium has selected Fugro to carry out the surveys for what will be Japan’s largest offshore wind farm.

27th June 2024

Japan expands fledgling offshore wind sector

27th June 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The European Commission has handed a pan-European floating wind project a €13 million grant.

25th June 2024

EC hands floating wind project €13.4 million

25th June 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A French research project has been launched to try and reduce the costs associated with floating wind farm maintenance.

25th June 2024

Project set up to reduce cost of floating wind O&M

25th June 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Marine contracting giant Cadeler will install 72 Vestas 15MW wind turbines in the Scottish North Sea in a contract worth up to €130 million.

24th June 2024

Cadeler wins 72-turbine installation contract

24th June 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A lobby group has made five ‘key asks’ to the UK government to support tidal stream energy as it gathers pace around the world.

21st June 2024

Lobby group sets out key asks for tidal energy

21st June 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Offshore charging concepts are beginning to head towards commercialisation – despite a few doubts being raised.

21st June 2024

Offshore charging: Are we there yet?

21st June 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Inyanga Marine Energy Group and New York and Ireland-based joint venture Verdant Morlais have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deliver a 4.9MW tidal stream energy project at Morlais in Wales.

19th June 2024

WATCH: Tidal turbines on cusp of commercial success

19th June 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Vattenfall has sold 49% of its ownership in Germany’s 1.6GW offshore wind farm to BASF.

18th June 2024

Vattenfall sells half of German OSW project to BASF

18th June 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Vestas has struck a deal with RWE to deliver, commission and maintain wind turbines for the Nordseecluster offshore wind project in Germany.

14th June 2024

Vestas firms up RWE Nordseecluster deal

14th June 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The consenting stage for two Scottish offshore wind farms – one floating, one fixed bottom, in total with power generation capacity of 2GW– has now begun.

10th June 2024

Consenting begins for 2GW of offshore wind

10th June 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A new collaborative marine research project aims to identify best practice in monitoring and mitigating underwater noise associated with floating offshore wind developments.

3rd June 2024

Mitigating noise for floating offshore wind

3rd June 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

UK-based construction firm, Cadeler has inked the largest deal in the company’s history for wind farm installation projects.

23rd May 2024

Cadeler wins major offshore wind deal

23rd May 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Initially hailed as the wonder material of the 21st century, plastic surged in production from a mere five million tonnes in the 1960s to a whopping 460 million by 2019.

21st May 2024

Plastic: The poison in our oceans

21st May 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A milestone has been reached at Ørsted and Eversource’s first US offshore wind farm, with the first XXL monopile foundation installed.

21st May 2024

Major OSW milestone hit as Canada, US look positive

21st May 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Ørsted, Simply Blue Group and Subsea7 have set up the joint venture ‘Salamander’ to submit an application for a floating wind farm off the coast of northeast Scotland.

20th May 2024

Heavyweights set up JV for floating wind

20th May 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Finnish offshore win operator Suomen Hyötytuuli is planning to expand its current Tahkoluoto site by 40 turbines, it says. 

16th May 2024

Frozen sea wind farm to be extended by 40 turbines

16th May 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

As those in the maritime industry are aware, the International Maritime Organization has announced a goal of achieving net-zero emissions “by or around” 2050, depending on “national circumstances”.

10th May 2024

Industry needs customised solutions for fuels: Caterpillar

10th May 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Sustainable shipping fuels could reach cost parity with fossil fuels as early as 2035 with the help of decisive emissions policy such as carbon taxes and emissions limits, according to a new…

9th May 2024

Cost parity with new fuels is achievable: Report

9th May 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The UK government has refused to say how many bids were received in this year’s allocation round for offshore wind developments, citing ‘commercial sensitivity’.

8th May 2024

UK refuses to reveal offshore wind bids made in latest round

8th May 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

All around the world, new regulations are coming into force that will require maritime operators to report – and reduce – the carbon impact of their fleets. To say this presents a…

7th May 2024

Damen wades in to the future fuels debate

7th May 2024