The UK government has announced plans to accelerate the delivery of high-quality infrastructure and housing and to “get Britain building”. The King’s Speech contained planning reforms via the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. The Bill will set out to unlock more housing and infrastructure across the country, supporting economic growth as well as the environment. The new legislation […]
Marine development in the UK and internationally is not currently sufficiently considering the wide range of social impacts for coastal communities, a new report finds. The review was led by Dr Pamela Buchan, an interdisciplinary marine scientist in the University of Exeter Geography Department. The review is one of a number of evidence bases The Crown […]
Plans to establish a new generation of floating offshore wind farms off the coast of South West England and South Wales have taken a step forward with the conclusion of one of the opening stages of the tender process for Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5. Developers wishing to bid for one of three Project Development […]
Ocean Winds, a joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has published a report on environmentally safe and predictable UXO disposal at its Moray West offshore wind farm. The report – Low Order Deflagration of Unexploded Ordnance Reduces Underwater Noise Impacts from Offshore Wind Farm Construction – demonstrates how the “low-order deflagration” method for disposal […]
The Marine Data Exchange platform will now include data on offshore activities in Scottish waters. Following an agreement between The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland, the Marine Data Exchange has been extended to cover Scottish waters. The agreement will allow all developers working in UK waters to benefit from a more streamlined and comprehensive dataset to inform offshore […]
The first project to proceed under a new fast track process has received a provisional £2billion funding package to deliver a subsea energy superhighway which could connect up to two million homes to clean energy. The proposed Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) high voltage subsea cable would be able to transport 2GW of wind generated electricity […]
Simply Blue Group, an Ireland-based blue economy project developer, has announced its partnership with the not-for-profit organisation North Sea Farm 1 Project (NSF1) consortium to establish the world’s inaugural commercial-scale seaweed farm situated within an offshore wind farm. The 10-hectare farm, located off the Dutch coast in the North Sea, is scheduled to commence operations […]
Speaking at a port in North Wales, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has announced that Great British Energy, a publicly-owned company, will fund the construction of floating offshore wind farms. Labour has pledged to decarbonise the UK by 2030, while the Conservatives target 2035 for net zero energy supply. The Tories said Labour’s plan was […]