Environment

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Norway is looking to establish itself as a European green powerhouse, making big strides to expand its offshore wind capacity. 

31st July 2023

Norway sets out plans to become wind farm hub

31st July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Renewables investor Octopus Energy Generation is planning a US$20 billion investment in offshore wind by 2030.

28th July 2023

Octopus plans huge spend in offshore wind

28th July 2023

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ENVIRONMENT

When it comes to oil spills, especially in the marine environment, every second can make the difference between a minor incident and an environmental disaster.

26th July 2023

Getting on board with oil spill management

26th July 2023

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ENVIRONMENT

Seawork award winner Frog Environmental is offering a sound protection system for underwater piling works with very healthy side effects.

26th July 2023

Bubbles breathe life into troubled waters

26th July 2023

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ENVIRONMENT

New energy transition platform Cyan Renewables has stepped into the European offshore wind market by acquiring its first European vessel.

25th July 2023

Seraya makes first European vessel purchase

25th July 2023

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ENVIRONMENT

In 2024, the world’s first green fuels service operation vessel (SOV) for offshore wind operations will launch off the UK, courtesy of Ørsted and ESVAGT.

24th July 2023

Ørsted commits to second green methanol SOV

24th July 2023

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ENVIRONMENT

The Dutch are a step closer to connecting 759MW of offshore wind power to the grid, although this is a mere drop in the ocean when set against future targets.

24th July 2023

140km cables connected at Dutch offshore wind farm

24th July 2023

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ENVIRONMENT

The US will hold the first offshore wind energy lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, the Department of the Interior announced on July 20.

20th July 2023

First Gulf of Mexico wind auction announced

20th July 2023

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ENVIRONMENT

Swedish energy firm Vattenfall has axed one of its offshore wind farm projects off the English east coast after recording a loss of €480 million.

20th July 2023

Vattenfall axes 1.4GW offshore wind farm

20th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The French government is to furnish the tidal energy pilot farm FloWatt with €65 million of funding, setting a benchmark for others in Europe to follow.

17th July 2023

France boosts its tidal sector with €65m funding

17th July 2023

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ENVIRONMENT

Oil giants BP and Total Energies have been awarded offshore wind projects totalling 7GW in the German North Sea.

14th July 2023

Oil giants dig deep to win massive offshore wind projects

14th July 2023

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ENVIRONMENT

Specialist shipping, navigation and maritime risk consultancy NASH Maritime has been commissioned to undertake a package of shipping and navigation studies for two offshore wind projects that are being developed by Thistle…

13th July 2023

Navigation studies under way for ScotWind projects

13th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Ørsted’s Hornsea offshore wind farms project has been given a boost with consent given for a fourth, bringing the total generating capacity of all of them to more than 8GW when they…

13th July 2023

Hornsea 4 offshore wind farm gets go-ahead

13th July 2023

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ENVIRONMENT

Another £43 million (€39.8 million) has been made available by the UK government for winners of its fourth Clean Maritimes Demonstration Competition, which was launched today.

7th July 2023

UK launches 4th round of innovation funding

7th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Cadeler will transport and install 76 Vestas 15MW offshore wind turbines in the Polish Baltic Sea, the company confirmed – as a further sign of Poland’s keenness to embrace offshore wind.

5th July 2023

Cadeler to boost Polish offshore wind capacity

5th July 2023

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ENVIRONMENT

Growing murmurs on how the rapidly increasing size of offshore wind turbines is not sustainable do not appear to have been heard by the Chinese.

4th July 2023

China develops world’s biggest offshore turbine

4th July 2023

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ENVIRONMENT

Jan De Nul will roll out its 2015-built cable-laying vessel Isaac Newton to connect offshore wind farms to the German grid.

4th July 2023

‘Isaac Newton’ redeployed for cable-laying project

4th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Shares of Siemens Energy slumped by 37% after CEO Christian Bruch admitted to massive problems in the wind turbine side of the company – Siemens Gamesa – and scrapped the firm’s 2023…

27th June 2023

Siemens Energy value slumps on turbine failures

27th June 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The first 32m parallel hybrid crew transfer vessel (CTV) designed by Incat Crowther has gone into operation servicing Germany’s offshore wind sector.

27th June 2023

Germany benefits from cutting-edge hybrid CTV

27th June 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Hybrid propulsion is not perfect but it is a critical part of the maritime industry’s decarbonisation arsenal.

22nd June 2023

Hybrid propulsion is ‘low-hanging fruit’

22nd June 2023