floating offshore wind

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

It’s time for Spain to get afloat, says Juan de Dios Lopez, Technical and Industrial director with the Wind Energy Business Association (Asociación Empresarial Eólica - AEE).

1st April 2025

Interview: Call for action in Spain’s offshore wind sector

1st April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

UK government offshore renewables innovation centre ORE Catapult has turned to the Far East to boost floating wind technologies.

13th March 2025

UK signs MoU with Japan on floating wind

13th March 2025

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

VESSELS

VESSELS

As Europe faces a growing lack of availability of offshore wind installation vessels, Japan is making sure it won’t be left in the same situation as its own industry grows.

18th February 2025

MOL changes tack into offshore wind vessels

18th February 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Tugdock and Sarens have successfully secured funding from The Crown Estate’s Supply Chain Accelerator to develop a heavy lift Operations and Maintenance (O&M) hub at ABP’s Port Talbot, Wales.

11th December 2024

Crown Estate backing for floating offshore wind O&M hub

11th December 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The UK’s Bristol Port Company (BPC) has confirmed plans to develop a Bristol Wind Terminal at its Avonmouth Docks.

5th November 2024

Bristol Port lays out plans for wind terminal

5th November 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Associated British Ports (ABP) and global engineering leader Sarens have formed a strategic partnership to drive floating offshore wind (FLOW) development in the Celtic Sea.

14th October 2024

Advancing floating offshore wind in Port Talbot

14th October 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed to improve floating wind mooring to boost what is a quickly emerging sector in offshore wind.

17th September 2024

MoU strengthens floating wind mooring tech

17th September 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Three offshore wind farm sites off the south-west coast of the UK have been opened up to bidders by the Crown Estate, which owns all the land off the coast of the…

13th August 2024

Wales kicks off floating wind farm leasing round

13th August 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A roadmap to open competitive bidding for offshore wind farms in South Korea has been unveiled by the government.

13th August 2024

Opportunities in S. Korea as wind plans ramp up

13th August 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A French research project has been launched to try and reduce the costs associated with floating wind farm maintenance.

25th June 2024

Project set up to reduce cost of floating wind O&M

25th June 2024

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A recent report has predicted spending on offshore substations for offshore wind could amount to more than $20 billion (€18.6 billion) this decade – and this is just for the substations.

24th June 2024

$billions needed for offshore substations: Report

24th June 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The consenting stage for two Scottish offshore wind farms – one floating, one fixed bottom, in total with power generation capacity of 2GW– has now begun.

10th June 2024

Consenting begins for 2GW of offshore wind

10th June 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Maritime Developments (MDL) has invested more than £7 million to expand its flexlay asset range.

6th June 2024

MDL invests £7m in portfolio expansion

6th June 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A new collaborative marine research project aims to identify best practice in monitoring and mitigating underwater noise associated with floating offshore wind developments.

3rd June 2024

Mitigating noise for floating offshore wind

3rd June 2024

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The offshore wind industry stands at a critical juncture, expected to achieve increasingly bold clean energy targets whilst continuing to build stable supply chains with the necessary capacity, efficiency and cost effectiveness…

28th May 2024

Unlocking offshore wind potential: Fugro

28th May 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Port of Aberdeen achieved a record-breaking financial performance for 2023, buoyed by the opening of its transformational South Harbour expansion.

14th May 2024

Major expansion boosts Port of Aberdeen financials

14th May 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The floating platform for offshore wind developed by French company BW Ideol over the past few years has been standardised and will go into mass production in what the company calls its…

25th April 2024

BW Ideol unveils floating platform mass production

25th April 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Floating offshore wind project Green Volt, led by Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, has been granted offshore planning approval.

24th April 2024

Green light for Scottish floating offshore wind project

24th April 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A Norwegian consortium is working on a project to power a Barents Sea oil platform with electricity generated by floating offshore wind.

19th March 2024

Floating wind project will power oil and gas

19th March 2024