Offshore Renewables

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Mocean Energy and SolarDuck have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to combine their technologies to create hybrid power systems to support offshore assets.

13th August 2025

Firms join forces to combine wave and solar energy

13th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Swedish energy giant Vattenfall has enlisted the talents of Samuel L. Jackson to promote seaweed farming amidst the turbines of two of its offshore wind farms.

12th August 2025

Vattenfall introduces seaweed farms at wind farms

12th August 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A major expansion at one of Scotland’s ports has passed a milestone with the granting of marine and dredging licences.

12th August 2025

£111 million port expansion granted dredge licences

12th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The European Commission has agreed to give France €11 billion to support its offshore wind energy industry.

11th August 2025

EU hands France €11 billion for offshore wind

11th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Canada will turn to Europe in its drive to unlock offshore wind potential, the government has said.

7th August 2025

Canada seeks European expertise on offshore wind drive

7th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Germany’s second offshore wind auction for 2025 has failed to attract a single bid.

7th August 2025

No bids received in German offshore wind auction

7th August 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Oil giant BP has finalised a 50-50 joint venture in offshore wind, despite announcing cutbacks from renewables just 6 months ago.

6th August 2025

Oil giant BP enters offshore wind JV despite ‘reset’

6th August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

German energy firm RWE has contracted two of North Star’s SOVs for up to 12 years with another two newbuilds planned in a few years’ time.

6th August 2025

RWE signs long-term agreements with North Star for 2+2 SOVs

6th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A substation jacket for the Dieppe Le Tréport offshore wind farm has been installed off the French Atlantic coast after an impressive navigation underneath a 100-year-old bridge.

5th August 2025

54m jacket towed out to Atlantic coast

5th August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Shipbuilder Ulstein will convert an existing Commissioning Service Operation Vessel into a Walk-to-Work vessel for unmanned production platform on the Norwegian continental shelf, it says.

5th August 2025

Ulstein converts wind vessel for oil and gas

5th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Ocean Winds and partner Banque des Territoires have installed the first of three floating wind turbines that they say are the most powerful floating turbines in the world.

5th August 2025

Floating wind takes pride of place in Gulf of Lion

5th August 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

The first US-flagged cable-lay barge to connect offshore wind farms to the US grid will be built by the new partnership of Nexans and Crowley Wind Services.

4th August 2025

First Jones Act-compliant cable layer deal agreed

4th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The Canadian government has selected the first four areas for offshore wind development in the east coastal province of Nova Scotia with a target to license 5GW by 2030.

1st August 2025

Canada dives into offshore wind with first areas designated

1st August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The latest ‘world’s largest offshore wind farm’ has been given the green light in the UK despite a number of wildlife agencies raising concerns about the developer’s own estimates that thousands of…

31st July 2025

‘World’s largest’ wind farm approved despite bird death fears

31st July 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The US Trump Administration has effectively ended any preferential treatment for what it calls unreliable subsidy-dependent renewables - namely wind and solar energy.

31st July 2025

Trump vetoes “unreliable” and “foreign” energy

31st July 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The UK’s early move to expand the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) to offshore vessels could raise port costs and weaken the UK’s competitiveness.

30th July 2025

New carbon rules threaten UK offshore edge

30th July 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The Norwegian offshore wind transporter and installer Fred. Olsen Windcarrier will transport and install 63 wind turbines for the Gennaker wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.

30th July 2025

Installation deal signals untapped Baltic Sea potential

30th July 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Mitsui & Co. Europe Ltd and MOL have completed a landmark port acquisition, taking ownership of Scotland’s Port of Nigg and two key energy services firms.

30th July 2025

Mitsui acquires Scottish offshore renewables port

30th July 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Inyanga Marine Energy Group has announced it is taking over the joint operational management of the newly built hybrid utility vessel Tor Boreas, in partnership with Tor Group.

29th July 2025

Inyanga’s cutting-edge vessel for offshore ops

29th July 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

A new UK Government-backed project is using AI prediction to improve vessel performance and offshore operations while cutting carbon emissions and costs.

28th July 2025

AI powers predictive CTV maintenance

28th July 2025