Offshore Renewables

Government plans to make the UK the world leader in clean wind energy have been unveiled as part of its commitment towards net zero emissions by 2050.

Opergy has appointed an offshore energy expert as commercial director as it celebrates its first anniversary.

Spain’s Greenalia has submitted the project and environmental planning applications to develop four new floating offshore wind farms in the waters off Gran Canaria writes Dag Pike.

A major Irish boatyard at Crosshaven has been bought by Green Rebel Marine and it is planned to develop the site as a base for servicing wind farms off the south coast…

Lying between the British Isles and Iceland, the Faroe Islands have a plentiful supply of wind and now there are plans to build offshore wind farms to drive the islands closer to…

French tidal energy developer HydroQuest is joining the Ocean Energy Europe Board of Directors as a Lead Partner.

A new offshore wind farm will be developed in the Adriatic Sea following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between three European companies.

A three-year collaborative research project on the costs around floating offshore wind has been launched.

Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) will supply three next generation PLAT-I floating tidal energy systems for the world’s first floating tidal energy array.

A 1:6 prototype of the BlueSATH floating wind platform has been installed and commissioned in its final deployment site in El Abra del Sardinero (Santander, Spain).

A project to add floating solar panels to a wind farm is scheduled to be incorporated into the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm site by 2025, writes Dag Pike.

Development of the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm has taken another step forward with the awarding of an Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) contract.

Commercial wave energy farms have moved a step closer as Sweden-headquartered CorPower Ocean has secured 9 MEUR in equity funding.

A global renewable energy business will join an existing consortium of to prepare a joint bid for the ScotWind tender recently launched by Crown Estate Scotland.

Motive Offshore is addressing the requirement for cheap, clean off-grid power in a number of ways; not least via its renewable hybrid power container.

The largest offshore wind representative body in Scotland now has over 360 members drawn from industry, academia and the public sector.

With a 16M EUR investment plan, wave energy developer CorPower is establishing a R&D, Manufacturing & Service Centre for Wave Energy Converters in Viana do Castelo, northern Portugal.

A new eco-friendly Autonomous Guard Vessel (AGV) design is anticipated to be smaller, lighter and more efficient than others in the offshore wind market.

According to Ian Baylis, Managing Director of CTV operator Seacat Services, the energy sector is critical in countries’ fight back to a normal world.