Environment

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Romania will switch on a coal-fired power plant after having to close down its nuclear plant because of the River Danube’s shrinking water levels.

12th August 2026

Romania reverts to coal after low Danube forces nuclear shut-down

12th August 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

RWE has agreed to walk away from three US offshore wind leases in the New York Bight and off the coasts of California and Louisiana in exchange for a $1.22 billion settlement…

10th August 2026

RWE exits US offshore wind market with $1.22 billion bounty

10th August 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A project hailed as the UK’s flagship floating wind project has been bought for £1 (€1.17).

7th August 2026

Flagship floating wind site snapped up for £1

7th August 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The UK’s Crown Estate has launched an accelerated competitive tender to appoint a new developer for the 1.5GW Morgan Offshore Wind Project after former developers JERA Nex bp and EnBW abandoned the…

5th August 2026

Re-tendered offshore wind project re-opens opportunities for commercial marine

5th August 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The Netherlands has committed up to €4.758 billion in offshore wind subsidies after a failed auction last year highlighted the growing financial challenges facing developers.

4th August 2026

Netherlands commits €4.8 billion and new bird rules to revive offshore wind

4th August 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

If estimates are correct that one billion plastic pellets – around 25 tonnes – were spilled into the sea during a recent collision at port in northern England, the incident would be…

30th July 2026

Recent plastic spill one of worst ever in UK waters

30th July 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Dutch offshore solar developer SolarDuck is developing a floating platform designed to provide power, communications and control systems directly to remote subsea assets, potentially eliminating the need for long subsea cables, diesel…

30th July 2026

Solving the offshore power challenge with floating hubs

30th July 2026

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The European Commission has approved a €103 million Dutch State aid scheme to accelerate the deployment of hydrogen- and methanol-powered seagoing vessels.

29th July 2026

Netherlands wins EU handout for hydrogen, methanol vessels

29th July 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The Port of Tyne has launched a major clean-up operation after thousands of plastic pellets, known as nurdles, were spilled into the River Tyne following Sunday’s collision between a wind turbine installation…

23rd July 2026

Plastic clean-up under way after WTIV and containership collision

23rd July 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Spain has cleared a major regulatory hurdle for the deployment of a floating offshore wind demonstrator.

22nd July 2026

Spanish approval clears path for floating wind demonstrator

22nd July 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

As flood and water infrastructure must increasingly deliver biodiversity net gains alongside flood and supply resilience, engineers are finding new ways to design for wildlife without compromising the assets people depend on.…

22nd July 2026

Finding the balance: A spotlight on ecological engineering

22nd July 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Sweden has rejected 11 out of 13 applications for offshore wind projects because of national defence considerations, the government says.

21st July 2026

Is Sweden getting cold feet over offshore wind?

21st July 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

An autonomous dockside system designed to continuously remove floating pollution from marinas, ports and waterfronts has been deployed at Belfast Harbour Marina as part of a commercial demonstration of the technology.

9th July 2026

Belfast Harbour deploys autonomous debris removal system

9th July 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK is expected to press ahead with extending its Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) to vessels below 5,000GT, with policy makers set to examine the move in September.

2nd July 2026

UK expected to extend emissions penalties to smaller vessels

2nd July 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Oil giant Equinor has abandoned another offshore wind project, this time in Japan, where it has closed its office.

1st July 2026

Oil giants blown off course with offshore wind

1st July 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

DEME has used specialist marine construction vessels and installation techniques to install one of Europe’s largest oyster reef restoration projects.

29th June 2026

Marine contractors hired to engineer oyster habitats

29th June 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Europe’s largest port has rejected demands from a Dutch legal climate campaigning charity that it sets out a plan to bring an end to the use of fossil fuels.

29th June 2026

Port of Rotterdam rejects call for fossil fuel phase-out

29th June 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

When Scroby Sands Offshore Wind Farm was commissioned off Great Yarmouth in 2004, few could have predicted that one of its greatest operational challenges would emerge not from the turbines themselves, but…

25th June 2026

Amphibious Walrus opens access to stranded turbines

25th June 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

In yet another blow to the beleaguered US offshore wind industry, the Trump administration said last week it would pay developer Invenergy $765 million to walk away from four US wind leases,…

24th June 2026

US offshore wind left adrift as Trump buys back leases

24th June 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

As shipping faces mounting pressure to decarbonise, exhaust after-treatment specialist Eminox says the marine industry must remain realistic about what can be achieved in the short to medium term, and use cleaner…

23rd June 2026

Bridging the gap: After-treatment keeps shipping afloat

23rd June 2026