Floating Wind

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Floating offshore wind specialist BW Ideol has partnered France’s fourth largest construction group, NGE, to build an industrial-scale floating foundation manufacturing facility in southern France.

6th August 2026

French partners combine in floating foundation factory hubs

6th August 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Spain has cleared a major regulatory hurdle for the deployment of a floating offshore wind demonstrator.

22nd July 2026

Spanish approval clears path for floating wind demonstrator

22nd July 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

France has launched one of Europe’s largest offshore wind procurement rounds, opening the door to a decade of work for vessel operators, port infrastructure providers, equipment suppliers and marine contractors.

16th June 2026

France launches one of Europe’s largest offshore wind tenders

16th June 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Speakers at a floating wind session at the recent WindEurope conference in Madrid highlighted the scale of the challenge ahead and the steps needed to bring the technology to commercial viability.

30th April 2026

Floating wind: Costs, challenges and path to commercial scale

30th April 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A European consortium is advancing new technology to reduce underwater noise from offshore wind projects as research highlights increasing risks to marine life from subsea engineering activity.

13th April 2026

France makes sound investment to curb subsea noise

13th April 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

An offshore gas rig is being hailed by its owners as the first in the North Sea to be powered by offshore wind power.

16th December 2025

Wind farm connected to power North Sea gas rig

16th December 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Oil giant Shell has abandoned two Scottish offshore wind projects ‘after a comprehensive review’ of its power strategy ’on leveraging Shell’s strengths in trading and retailing’.

13th November 2025

Shell scraps two UK offshore wind projects

13th November 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Three floating substructures have been launched for the 30MW EolMed offshore wind pilot project in France.

13th October 2025

Mediterranean floating wind platforms launched

13th October 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Risks to birds and chronic chemical emissions from offshore wind will come under the spotlight in four new projects given the green light by a French research institute.

10th October 2025

French institute agrees €8 million to research offshore wind

10th October 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A September 15 deadline is looming for applications to bid for three offshore wind projects in Norway.

11th September 2025

Norway deadline looms for three floating wind projects

11th September 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Three floating wind turbines have now been installed in the Gulf of Lion in the French Occitanie region, where high-wind areas that were ‘previously out of reach’ can now be tapped.

8th September 2025

Final floating turbine installed at French site

8th September 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

With a Spanish government target that 81 per cent of the country’s electricity must come from renewables by 2030, the fact that the country does not have a single megawatt of offshore…

24th March 2025

Tidal, wave or floating wind? 4 emerging Spanish technologies

24th March 2025