Offshore Substations

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Europe’s offshore wind revolution is running into a hard physical limit – the electricity grid.

11th December 2025

Offshore wind’s sky-high potential hits onshore grid wall

11th December 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

An offshore wind farm set to be the largest in the Irish Sea by joint developers by BP and EnBW has been given the green light by the UK government.

7th July 2025

Officials approve largest wind farm in Irish Sea

7th July 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The first direct power link between Germany and the UK has moved ahead with 5,000 tons of concrete poured to begin a giant converter station and subsea cabling work now under way.

28th April 2025

Germany/UK subsea connector enters new phase

28th April 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A Danish-German energy island project in the Baltic Sea has been handed a cool €645 million from the European Commission.

12th February 2025

Offshore energy islands hit delays despite funding

12th February 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dutch engineering giant Heerema Marine Contractors has signed a contract with European transmission system operator TenneT for a float-over barge.

9th January 2025

Heerema plans float-over barge for North Sea wind farms

9th January 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Failure rates of offshore wind cables and interconnectors could result in costs of up to €6.1 billion by 2035, a report by energy data firm TGS says.

23rd July 2024

OSW cable failures could cost €billions – report

23rd July 2024