With £160 million, Boris Johnson, the UK Prime Minister, announced that companies looking for government funding for port infrastructure related to floating offshore wind farms can apply for grant assistance. This new funding is designed to assist with the government’s plan to deliver 1GW of floating offshore wind by 2030, a ninefold increase on current…

COP 26 has seen a slew of announcements from world leaders aimed at grabbing headlines and media inches. But how much is hot air and how much has real wind in its sails? Here’s a roundup of some of the news from Glasgow (and yes Joe, it’s pronounced Glazgo not Glasscow). The EU is aiming…

Aker Offshore Wind (AOW), the renewable energy arm of the Norwegian industrial conglomerate Aker, has announced plans for an underwater substation as part of its joint bid with Ocean Winds for multiple floating wind farms off the east coast of Scotland. Ocean Winds, itself a joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, together with AOW,…

According to ORE Catapult, the UK based research centre for offshore renewable energy, robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) will be worth £1.3 billion to the UK wind (on and offshore) energy market by 2030 and £3.5 billion by 2050. As operations and maintenance (O&M) activities increase in the decades to come in harsher environments, innovations…

The potential for offshore wind in Asia is well known, with countries such as Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea, Japan and of course China, having vast potential. But until recently (and except for China) this potential has been slow in realisation. That could be about to change with some significant developments in the Asian offshore wind sector.…

SSE Renewables recently announced the amalgamation of two of their proposed wind farm projects, the Berwick Bank and Marr Bank farms, off the east coast of Scotland. The new project, entitled Berwick Bank, would potentially deliver 4.1GW to the Scottish grid. Situated approximately 40km from the East Lothian coast, the project would deliver enough electricity…

A significant step has been taken for the Moray East Offshore Wind Farm with installation of the final (100th) turbine. Scotland’s largest wind farm to date the Moray farm will generate 950MW through 100 9.5MW Vestas turbines. Located 22km from the coast in the Moray Firth, north-east Scotland, the farm is a joint venture between…

Remote operated vehicles (ROVs) have been a critical part of offshore operations for decades. The technology development of these robotic wonders has always moved at pace. From the first machines in the 1960s to today’s technological marvels. With the rise in offshore wind developments, ROVs are being asked to perform new tasks with new challenges.…

All across Europe countries are pushing offshore wind projects like never before. Fuelled by EU targets of 60 GW of offshore installed capacity by 2030 and 300 GW by 2050. There are now over 5,000 offshore turbines in the waters around Europe split between 12 countries and producing 25 GW of power. This includes an…

Traditionally, Australia’s offshore wind industry has been overshadowed by cheap solar and onshore wind alternatives. A new report by the Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre (BECRC) has highlighted how that could change with the potential for more than 2,000 GW of installed offshore wind within 100km of existing grid infrastructure. The Offshore Wind Energy in…