Environment

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Two floating wind farms with a total power generating capacity of 1.9GW will be installed to supply electricity to Scotland’s oil and gas operations.

2nd November 2023

Floating wind to power oil and gas

2nd November 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

European coastlines have come under the spotlight in a new report published by the European Marine Board IVZW (EMB).

30th October 2023

Europe under threat: report outlines risk to coastlines

30th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Portugal is launching a call for ‘demonstrations of interest’ for parties wishing to build offshore wind farms off its Atlantic coast.

27th October 2023

Portuguese call for offshore wind interest

27th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Three offshore wind projects are among a raft of renewable energy projects that New York has announced, making it the largest round of investment in US history in the sector.

26th October 2023

NY announces largest ever US spend on offshore wind

26th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The European Commission has launched a ‘Wind Power Package’ to give the flailing sector a shot in the arm.

24th October 2023

EC pledges support package for wind power

24th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The USA’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released a new draft Wind Energy Area (WEA) in the Gulf of Maine which covers over 3.5 million acres.

24th October 2023

Gulf of Maine earmarked for offshore wind development

24th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Van Oord has completed the installation of 62 jacket foundations at a new wind farm off the coast of Brittany.

20th October 2023

Van Oord in French jacket foundation installation first

20th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Volvo Cars and wind and solar energy firm Eolus have signed a letter of intent that could see the Västvind offshore wind farm off the coast of Gothenburg powering the car maker’s operations,…

19th October 2023

Offshore wind to power Volvo car manufacturing

19th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Insiders are beginning to question wind energy targets because of unreliability concerns and supply chain bottlenecks, a recent report has claimed.

19th October 2023

Supply chain and unreliability plague wind farm sector: report

19th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Surveys will begin on what will be Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm, energy firm RWE has confirmed.

19th October 2023

Surveys begin for Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm

19th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The PivotBuoy project, developed by X1 Wind in collaboration with nine industry partners, has completed its offshore demonstration project successfully with plenty of lessons learned for the future.

17th October 2023

VIDEO: New platform could revolutionise floating wind

17th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A project is looking to overcome the effects of strong winds and extreme wave loads on floating turbines.

16th October 2023

Project seeks answers to harsh seas in floating wind

16th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

What will be the world’s largest wind farm has started to produce electricity.

13th October 2023

First turbine switches on at world’s largest offshore wind farm

13th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

New figures reveal the workforce challenge facing the global wind industry with nearly 600,000 technicians needed to service the sector during the next five years.

11th October 2023

Huge global demand revealed for wind technicians

11th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

RWE, Wales’ largest renewable energy generator, is funding a study to investigate the quayside offload and launch of two types of floating offshore wind platforms.

9th October 2023

Innovative study to test floating offshore wind platform potential

9th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Support in the American state of New Jersey for building offshore wind turbines off the coast has plummeted over the past four years, according to a new poll.

9th October 2023

Poll shows popularity slumping for US offshore windfarms

9th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Marine civils firm Land & Water has teamed up with marine conservation organization Project Seagrass to design and build an automated seagrass planter (ASP).

9th October 2023

​Automated machine developed for seagrass planting

9th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The marine and offshore technical advisory component of Bureau Veritas Group (BV Solutions M&O) has expanded an existing agreement with the Spanish noise and vibrations solutions firm TSI (Técnicas Y Servicios De…

9th October 2023

Bureau Veritas expands subsea noise-cutting agreement

9th October 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has secured a 960MW order for 64 turbines in the German North Sea.

29th September 2023

Vestas wins order for 64 offshore wind turbines

29th September 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

An offshore floating wind farm will be assembled using a transportable dry dock technology by UK-based Tugdock.

29th September 2023

Mobile drydock assists in floating wind project

29th September 2023