Environment

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A new Scottish offshore wind supply chain programme has opened, offering targeted business funding to help companies secure offshore renewables contracts both at home and abroad.

12th February 2026

Scottish offshore wind backing soars high

12th February 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Four companies have been awarded Contracts for Difference for tidal stream projects, three in the same area of seabed off Wales and one in Scotland.

10th February 2026

UK awards 4 tidal stream projects in latest offshore energy round

10th February 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A consortium-owned offshore wind project in France is on track to be connected this year.

10th February 2026

500MW French offshore wind farm nears completion

10th February 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Tech giant Google’s recent Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with energy firm EnBW is a sign of a growing reliance by large technology companies on power from offshore wind.

9th February 2026

Big Tech emerges as some of offshore wind’s biggest fans

9th February 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Federal judges have over-turned all five offshore wind stop-work orders or lease suspensions issued by the American president since December.

3rd February 2026

Could the courts save the US offshore wind industry?

3rd February 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

An industry coalition is urging UK authorities to establish a clear framework to accelerate offshore wind vessel electrification and decarbonise offshore vessel operations.

2nd February 2026

Coalition seeks offshore charging framework

2nd February 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

China has installed the world’s largest offshore wind turbine at 20MW, 25% larger than the world’s current largest machines.

28th January 2026

China installs 20MW offshore wind turbine

28th January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A £1 million (€1.1 million) funding competition has been launched in the UK to speed up innovation in two critical areas of offshore wind engineering.

28th January 2026

Offshore innovation funding competition launched

28th January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Nine European countries have pledged to spend €1 trillion on offshore wind development over the next 10 years.

27th January 2026

European countries pledge €1 TRILLION for offshore wind

27th January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Cargo drones have successfully delivered equipment between vessels and turbines at Hollandse Kust Noord, marking a first in this type of project for offshore wind logistics.

26th January 2026

Drones advance offshore wind logistics

26th January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

US president Donald Trump took almost an hour and a half to address the World Economic Forum in Davos today, using part of the rambling lecture to rip into Europe about its…

21st January 2026

Trump berates Europe’s offshore wind policies at Davos

21st January 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The UK waterways industry says axing a dredging tax exemption will increase emissions, stall clean-ups and directly contradict environmental ambitions.

21st January 2026

New dredging tax rule to destroy goals it aims to achieve

21st January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

RWE has secured UK Contracts for Difference for 6.9 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity, strengthening long-term renewable generation and investment certainty across multiple projects.

15th January 2026

RWE takes lion’s share of UK offshore wind projects

15th January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Is it all coming apart for the Trump Administration’s national veto on offshore windfarm construction?

14th January 2026

New York wades into US offshore wind war

14th January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The UK government has today published record-breaking results in its seventh auction (AR7), with 8.4GW of offshore wind being awarded in what it says is Europe’s biggest ever offshore wind auction. 

14th January 2026

UK reveals record-breaking offshore wind auction results

14th January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Energy giant RWE has said it is disappointed by the UK government’s sudden decision to delay a consent order for the 3GW Dogger Bank South offshore wind farms.

13th January 2026

RWE ‘disappointed’ by UK government Dogger Bank delay

13th January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

One of the complaints about the burgeoning offshore wind sector is the dangers it poses to marine life: but using robotics and other modern methods, environmental scientists say they can reduce the…

13th January 2026

Exclusive: Scientists reduce offshore wind risks to marine life

13th January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

One of five offshore wind projects that have been paused or cancelled by the Trump administration has been told it can resume construction.

13th January 2026

Judge over-rules Trump in latest US offshore wind act

13th January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The number of bids received in Poland’s first offshore wind auction fell 500MW short of what was on offer, the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) has confirmed.

12th January 2026

Bids fall short in Poland’s first offshore wind auction

12th January 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

A UK consortium is leading a funded study into floating charging hubs designed to accelerate vessel electrification by overcoming infrastructure constraints in remote coastal locations.

6th January 2026

Floating e-hubs as a means for vessel electrification

6th January 2026