Environment

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Svitzer says it has progressed to the second phase of its work in designing a methanol hybrid fuel cell (MHFC) tug with naval architect Robert Allan.

17th August 2023

Svitzer moves into next methanol fuel cell phase

17th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

America’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced new draft Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) off the coast of Oregon opening up the US west coast to offshore wind.

16th August 2023

US selects Oregon as next offshore wind area

16th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Disaster has been averted with the removal of more than a million barrels of oil from the decaying tanker FSO Safer, off the coast of Yemen.

15th August 2023

1 million barrels of oil removed from FSO Safer

15th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Energy company RWE has won the right to develop a second Nordseecluster in the German North Sea.

14th August 2023

More wind farms awarded in German North Sea

14th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Hydrosphere managing director John Caskey examines why such a promising technology as tidal power is still not popular.

11th August 2023

OPINION: It’s time to turn the tide on tidal energy

11th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A floating offshore wind project has reached a significant milestone with the installation of a 2MW floating wind platform demonstrator in open waters.

11th August 2023

Floating wind demo successfully installed

11th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Rovco has been contracted by Flotation Energy to carry out a geo-environmental survey at its planned Cenos floating offshore windfarm, 200 kilometres off the north-east coast of Scotland.

9th August 2023

Rovco survey expertise for Scottish floating offshore windfarm

9th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Spirit Energy is experiencing its busiest year-to-date in decommissioning with offshore campaigns across the North Sea and the East Irish Sea.

8th August 2023

Spirit marks busiest year yet for decommissioning

8th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Two North Sea wind farms with a power generation capacity of 900MW each should come online next year.

7th August 2023

Monopile installations begin on German wind farms

7th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Plans are being revised to support the sustainable delivery of commercial-scale offshore wind in Scotland.

4th August 2023

Plans under way for offshore wind in Scotland

4th August 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Spanish utility firm Iberdrola has sold 49% of its stake in a German offshore wind farm to Masdar, a United Arab Emirates renewable energy firm.

1st August 2023

Deal agreed for German offshore wind farm

1st August 2023

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

ENVIRONMENT

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

ENVIRONMENT

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

ENVIRONMENT

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

ENVIRONMENT

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

ENVIRONMENT

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

ENVIRONMENT

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

ENVIRONMENT

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