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 […]
12 Nov 2024
One of the major challenges facing the offshore renewable energy industry is how to deliver the speed and extent of the dramatic increase in offshore wind deployment needed to meet the UK’s Net Zero targets. A new report by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult lays out a new approach to environmental monitoring and consenting […]
12 Nov 2024
The Crown Estate has pledged to give £150,000 to support the Severn Estuary Commission’s work to explore the potential for sustainable energy from the Severn Estuary. The Severn Estuary has the highest tidal range in Europe and has been estimated to have the potential provide up to 7% of the UK’s total energy needs, but […]
07 Oct 2024
Plans for giant floating wind farms in Scotland threaten to destroy the country’s fishing sector, the leader of an industry body has warned. The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) said despite efforts to find a solution to the problem, mobile fishing and floating offshore wind farms “are simply not able to co-exist”. Speaking at the SFF’s […]
01 Oct 2024
The Sustainability Joint Industry programme has developed the Offshore Wind Industry Product Carbon Footprinting (PCF) Guidance. Previously no industry guidance on calculating a full carbon footprint for an offshore wind farm has existed. This has left the industry open to interpreting existing standards, which are not entirely applicable for offshore wind and consequently comparing carbon […]
