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INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK government has pulled the plug on a giant offshore turbine manufacturing facility in Scotland, citing national security concerns over the Chinese company behind the plans.

27th March 2026

UK pulls plug on Chinese offshore wind turbine factory

27th March 2026

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The eye-watering cost of floating offshore wind was laid bare at Oceanology International last week, with scientists admitting it was at least six times more expensive than conventional fixed-bottom turbines.

16th March 2026

Floating wind’s eye-watering costs laid bare at Oceanology

16th March 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A £1 million (€1.1 million) funding competition has been launched in the UK to speed up innovation in two critical areas of offshore wind engineering.

28th January 2026

Offshore innovation funding competition launched

28th January 2026

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

‘Technical and structural challenges’ have ultimately put the final nail in the coffin of what would have been a landmark offshore wind farm for Ireland.

6th January 2026

Plans for landmark Irish offshore wind farm pulled

6th January 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

All of the foundations and transition pieces for the world’s largest wind farm have now been installed in the North Sea.

2nd December 2025

All foundations installed at world’s largest offshore wind farm

2nd December 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Seaway7 says it has installed all 277 monopile foundations at the world’s biggest offshore wind farm – Doggerbank in the UK.

18th September 2025

Final monopile installed at world’s biggest wind farm

18th September 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A seabed lease has been finalised to allow the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank, to be expanded, even though the UK grid cannot cope with existing wind power generation.

28th August 2025

Plans agreed to make world’s biggest OSW farm even bigger

28th August 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The latest ‘world’s largest offshore wind farm’ has been given the green light in the UK despite a number of wildlife agencies raising concerns about the developer’s own estimates that thousands of…

31st July 2025

‘World’s largest’ wind farm approved despite bird death fears

31st July 2025