Environment News – Page 21
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NewsDeal on track to form world’s largest jack-up fleet
As offshore wind farm developers struggle to find installation vessels to help complete their orders, progress in a deal to combine two vessel giants should provide some optimism.
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NewsOffshore wind to power Volvo car manufacturing
Swedish car maker Volvo will take its electric cars even further down the green road by using offshore wind to power their manufacture.
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NewsSupply chain and unreliability plague wind farm sector: report
Insiders are beginning to question wind energy targets because of unreliability concerns and supply chain bottlenecks, a recent report has claimed.
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NewsMaxwell anchoring system for new offshore USVs
Anchoring solutions firm Maxwell Marine has inked a deal for the design and supply of an anchoring system for the first uncrewed surface vessels to be used for surveying in the offshore wind industry
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NewsSurveys begin for Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm
Three survey vessels have begun examining the seabed for suitable wind turbine locations and the presence of unexploded ordnance, wind farm owner RWE says.
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NewsTackling plastic pollution the zero emissions way
The Envirocat All-Electric Eco 8.5 from MMS Workboats is designed to support pollution control
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News - VideosVIDEO: New platform could revolutionise floating wind
The PivotBuoy project aimed to demonstrate the advantages of combining a single point mooring (SPM) with a small TLP mooring system
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NewsProject seeks answers to harsh seas in floating wind
A project has been looking to improve turbine design by better integrating breaking wave loads
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NewsOpinion: How exhaust scrubbers can bridge the fuel gap
In these challenging regulatory times for maritime, Wärtsilä Exhaust Treatment director Sigurd Jenssen says exhaust scrubbers are a viable bridge to fill the gap between relying on fossil fuels use and eliminating them.
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NewsFirst turbine switches on at world’s largest offshore wind farm
The first of 277 wind turbines that will eventually make up the world’s largest offshore wind farm is now producing power, owners SSE Renewables, Equinor and Vårgrønn have said
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NewsHuge global demand revealed for wind technicians
The Annual Wind Workforce Outlook highlights huge global demand for new wind technicians by 2027
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NewsPlans unveiled for first Irish deep-water port
A ‘Vision for Bremore Ireland Port’ has been revealed, with plans to build the first new deep-water development that modern-day Ireland has ever had.
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NewsInnovative study to test floating offshore wind platform potential
Two types of floating offshore wind platform are being put through their paces by RWE
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NewsPoll shows popularity slumping for US offshore windfarms
Is the general public’s support for offshore wind in the US waning?
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News - VideosForth Ports sets out net zero ambitions
The UK’s Forth Ports has set out its ambitions for net zero carbon operation by 2042
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NewsJan De Nul orders 28,000t cable-layer
Jan De Nul has ordered a new extra-large cable-laying vessel to help with installations in ever deeper waters
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NewsPrysmian to power up German offshore wind supply
Germany has picked Prysmian to help it realise its offshore wind amibitions
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NewsTaiwan offshore wind wins Norwegian financial backing
Eksfin aims to increase Norwegian exports to the Far East offshore wind markets
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NewsVestas wins order for 64 offshore wind turbines
More turbine orders for Vestas: the flagship 15MW models will be installed in the German North Sea for utility EnBW.
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NewsKeel laying of ‘game-changing’ CTV
The keel laying of new hybrid CTV is being hailed as a ‘game-changer in maritime support’
