Port of Tyne has launched what it says is a major recovery and clean-up operation after Cadeler’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Wind Orca allided with another vessel and a shoreside crane at the port, leaving one person injured. “The crane operator was injured and has been taken to hospita
Van Oord has wrapped up the rock installation works at the Hollandse Kust West VI offshore wind farm, owned and developed by Ecowende, a joint venture between Shell, Eneco, and Chubu Electric Power. Using its vessels Bravenes and Nordnes, Van Oord installed a total of 300,000 tonnes of rock that wil
Offshore Energy Amsterdam 2026 has officially opened its Early Bird ticket sales. Industry professionals can now secure their place at Europe’s leading event for the offshore energy and maritime sectors with an exclusive 25% discount, available until 30 June 2026. Taking place on 24 and 25 November
New legislation aimed at accelerating offshore wind development while expanding environmental compensation options has come into effect in the UK, the government announced on 21 May. “After two fossil fuel crises in five years, we are driving further and faster for clean homegrown power that we cont
Underwater acoustic monitoring equipment has been deployed off Scotland’s east coast as part of a two-year study aimed at improving the understanding of minke whale activity in areas being considered for offshore wind farms’ export cable routes. The work, led by the Scottish Association for Marine S
Chantiers de l’Atlantique, EDF power solutions, Heerema Marine Contractors, Menck, RTE, Sealence and Smulders have formed the Searénité consortium to develop a dedicated solution designed to limit underwater noise generated during offshore construction, particularly for floating wind and substation
Three organisations for nature conservation and restoration have launched a new collaborative project to accelerate the large-scale development of native oyster reefs at offshore wind farms in the North Sea. The initiative, called TOPPING (The Oystrification Program for Practical Integrated Nature G
The Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm in Scotland is launching what the project owner says is the country’s largest seabird monitoring study, aimed at gathering detailed data on bird behaviour around offshore wind turbines. The 450 MW wind farm, located around 15.5 kilometres off the Fife co
