29 Jul 2025
Photo by Ray Harrington The UK government has published a new policy paper detailing the principles for identifying and selecting compensatory Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), a key step in balancing the country’s ambitious offshore wind targets with marine conservation goals. The policy, released on 24th July by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural […]
15 Jul 2025
Photo by Bob Brewer The Crown Estate has announced it will fund a new regional programme in South Wales to help local companies prepare for future opportunities in the offshore renewables sector. The initiative, known as Fit 4 Offshore Renewables (F4OR), aims to strengthen regional supply chains ahead of the next phase of development in […]
06 May 2025
The Irish government has announced the start of work to prepare a National Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Designated Maritime Area Plan (DMAP). This follows the approval of the South Coast ORE DMAP by both houses of the Irish parliament in October 2024. “Having a single National DMAP will accelerate the process of site designation for offshore […]
06 May 2025
The Crown Estate has launched its latest annual Offshore Wind Report, which sets out the headlines and highlights from 2024, and explores how the offshore wind sector is gearing up to maximise its role in supporting the UK’s ambition to deliver clean power by 2030 and net zero by 2050, as well as creating energy […]
14 Jan 2025
European wind power stocks fell after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he would try to ensure that “no windmills” are built on his watch, criticising the sector before he is due to take office. Shares in the world’s two biggest offshore wind farm developers – Denmark’s Orsted and Germany’s RWE – as well as turbine […]
14 Jan 2025
For the first time Wales is to have a specific marine planning tool which will help to determine the future of its seas, as part of the strategic planning to enhance the marine environment while also generating clean green energy. Photo: Jayanth Goulla In 2019, the Government introduced Wales’s first marine plan, setting […]
22 Dec 2024
EU countries have updated their goals for the deployment of offshore renewable energy up to 2050 in each of the EU’s 5 sea basins, with intermediate objectives to be achieved by 2030 and 2040. At an online meeting of the Directors-General of the Ministries of Energy in the respective countries today, non-binding agreements were reached […]
26 Nov 2024
Backed by a £7.3 million investment through the Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme (OWEC), the Crown Estate is partnering with a range of expert bodies across the UK to launch five new projects that they say will accelerate the nation’s path towards a net-zero and energy-secure future, whilst enabling marine and coastal ecosystems to […]
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