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#352 Health Monitoring for Offshore Wind
From blood pressure monitors and smart watches, to MRIs and step counters, many of us make tracking health metrics part of our daily routine. Armed
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#304 Grounded in Knowledge – Ireland’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm
During the last Ice Age, glaciers scored huge trenches through the land beneath the Irish Sea. Today, those valleys are filled with softer material and
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#285 Delivering the Floating Offshore Wind Revolution
The UK is a global leader when it comes to the development of offshore wind energy. Despite past government bans on onshore wind development, the
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AI, eDNA, and wind farm biodiversity
We will need a vast expansion in offshore wind to meet Net Zero aims. By 2050, around 630GW of turbines will have been installed, compared
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#241 Wind, Waves and Wildlife: Navigating Biodiversity in Offshore Wind
Across the ocean there is an intricate relationship between human activity and marine biodiversity. The energy transition means a huge increase in the number of
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The future of offshore robotics
The North Sea has provided the UK with 46 billion barrels of oil, since extraction began in the 1960’s. However energy extraction from the North
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Danish duo to double nation’s offshore wind
Energy company Ørsted and investment company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners have signed an agreement to develop a number of offshore wind projects totalling 5.2GW. The investment
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World’s largest offshore wind project continues to grow
A new phase of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm project is being considered by the developers. This ‘Phase D’ would bring the farm’s generating capacity
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China leads global offshore wind growth
The global wind market grew by 94GW in 2021 according to new data from the Global Wind Energy Council. This brings installed capacity up to
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Floating wind power to take off in Scotland
Crown Estates Scotland today announced 17 offshore wind projects have been granted development licenses for 24.8GW of electricity generation. This is Scotland’s first award since
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#139 Offshore Wind: Scotland’s World Leader
At 4.1GW Berwick Bank is planning to become the largest offshore windfarm in the world. This is enough generating capacity to power Scotland’s homes twice
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#77 Floating Turbines: Offshore Wind’s Game Changer
Until a few years ago the offshore wind industry was constrained by the seabed characteristics of countries seeking to harness the generating capacity of the