Offshore Renewables

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The UK government has agreed a £55 million (€66 million) grant to expand one of Scotland’s ports into a floating wind hub.

10th March 2025

UK backs floating wind hub with £55 million grant

10th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Associated British Ports (ABP) has begun the planning process for the country’s largest floating solar project at the Port of Barrow in north-west England.

7th March 2025

ABP submits floating solar plans

7th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Europe must re-industrialise to stay afloat in pushing wind objectives and maintaining competitiveness, a WindEurope webinar was told by Director of Advocacy and Messaging Viktoriya Kerelska.

7th March 2025

EU must re-industrialise to keep wind afloat

7th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Motive Offshore Group is investing in its Peterhead facility, strengthening its engineering services and supporting offshore renewables in the North Sea.

6th March 2025

Motive expands its North Sea renewables offering

6th March 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Contracts have been signed to get what the Lithuanian Port of Klaipėda calls an ‘offshore wind hub’ built.

6th March 2025

Lithuanian port plans €36.6m offshore wind hub

6th March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Sea.AI’s Sentry system is helping revolutionise offshore renewables and crew transfer vessel safety, combining digitisation, AI and advanced marine safety for operational intelligence.

4th March 2025

Sea.AI enhances safety onboard offshore CTVs

4th March 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

SMST has been awarded a contract by Armon Shipyards to supply mission equipment for the world’s first fully electric Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (eCSOV) owned by Bibby Marine. 

3rd March 2025

SMST to equip Bibby Marine’s fully electric CSOV

3rd March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The offshore renewables sector is still seeing significant growth and Windcat Workboats is responding by expanding its fleet with six new crew transfer vessels (CTVs) for the North Sea.

3rd March 2025

Windcat expands its offshore wind vessel fleet

3rd March 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

North Star and shipbuilding partner Cochin Shipyard have cut steel on a Service Operations Vessel (SOV) that will head to the German offshore wind farm He Dreiht.

28th February 2025

Steel cut on hybrid-electric SOV for EnBW

28th February 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm has reached financial close and is now progressing into its construction phase.

28th February 2025

Construction begins at Inch Cape wind farm

28th February 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein has launched the first of two Commissioning Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) for Bernhard Schulte Offshore.

27th February 2025

First of two methanol-prepared CSOVs launched

27th February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

AI-equipped drones have the potential to increase offshore wind efficiency, offering safer, faster and more cost-effective inspection, maintenance and cargo delivery for windfarms worldwide.

26th February 2025

WATCH: AI drones seek to revolutionise windfarm operations

26th February 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Rolls-Royce Power Solutions is developing methanol internal combustion engines for vessels ‘right now’, Applications engineer Peter Gommeringer told a technical webinar held by the Workboat Association on Tuesday.

26th February 2025

Rolls-Royce confirms methanol engine development

26th February 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Italian engineering firm Saipem and Norwegian offshore energy firm Subsea7 have agreed in principle to merge, creating a mammoth in offshore energy services.

26th February 2025

Major firms merge to form offshore energy mammoth

26th February 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Former fishing fleet owner Green Marine will spend up to £10 million (€12 million) on a new subsea department in a sign of its confidence in the offshore wind sector.

25th February 2025

Subsea spending shows faith in UK offshore wind

25th February 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Eidesvik Offshore has announced the vessel build of a new Construction Support Vessel (CSV) which aims to enhance operational efficiency and address the increasing demand for vessels in the offshore renewables and subsea…

25th February 2025

Eidesvik Offshore expands fleet with new CSV

25th February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A study into the viability of charging electric support vessels at the offshore wind farms they work on has shown the practice is technically and financially feasible.

24th February 2025

Study confirms charging viability at wind farms

24th February 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Major Japanese shipping and logistics firm NYK Line says it will put an undisclosed sum of money into the Swedish CTV fleet owner Northern Offshore Group (N-O-G).

21st February 2025

NYK invests in Swedish CTV fleet

21st February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Canada has joined national and regional governments to become a member of the ‘Global Offshore Wind Alliance’, founded at COP27 in 2022.

19th February 2025

Canada joins global offshore wind club

19th February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Source Galileo has signed an MoU with Portland Port UK to advance offshore renewables, enhancing offshore wind development, infrastructure and local economic growth along the Dorset coast.

19th February 2025

PortWind partnership boosts UK offshore wind expansion

19th February 2025