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European Parliament takes a new step on Miracanarias’ offshore wind complaint and requests a preliminary examination by the European Commission. The development communicated on 27 August is the request for a […]
Interactions between offshore wind farms and fisheries in European waters. Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) has published a new report examining interactions between fisheries and offshore wind farms (OWFs) across European […]
Floating offshore wind and fishing. Current estimates predict that floating offshore wind turbines will make up more than one third of the UK’s total offshore wind capacity by 2050. And […]
Fishing leaders demand halt to offshore wind consents. Warning expansion is ‘reckless gamble’ with jobs, heritage and environment. Scotland’s fishing leaders are demanding an immediate stop to further offshore wind farm […]
Harvest time at world’s first co-located seaweed farm and offshore windfarm. Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) is leading the science on the North Sea Farm 1 project. The first-ever harvest at […]
Legal Action Intensifies Against Offshore Wind: Fishermen Coalition Seeks Emergency Halt to Empire Wind Project. A coalition of commercial fishermen, seafood processors, fish buyers and environmental groups from New Jersey to […]
Can offshore wind farms and the UK Fishing Industry co-exist effectively? PML-led research highlights urgent need for standardised compensation and improved collaboration between energy companies and fishermen. A new study, […]
Floating offshore wind existential threat to fishing industry, warns SFF leader. Plans for giant floating offshore wind farms threaten to destroy Scotland’s fishing industry, the chief executive of the industry’s […]
UK fishing community shares its views on offshore wind. Preliminary results from a survey on the impacts of offshore wind farms on commercial fishing in the UK. There is still […]
Impacts of offshore wind farms: new evidence base. New evidence base on the environmental impacts of offshore wind farm developments and the outcomes for marine ecosystem services. With the rapid […]
The Swedish Fishermen’s Producer Organisation (SFPO) says the marine wind power industry claims to work for coexistence with commercial fishing – but of all the now almost 100 projects underway, […]
Inland and Coastal Marina Systems installs new O&M base berthing to support Scottish offshore windfarm. Supporting Scotland’s growing offshore energy sector, Inland and Coastal Marina Systems (ICMS) has installed a […]
Warning to governments on offshore wind from European fisheries groups. Fisheries groups from around Europe today demanded that governments wake up and recognise the dangers to sustainable food production of […]
PML leads the science on the world’s first co-located seaweed and offshore wind farm. PML to provide independent analysis of the Amazon-funded North Sea Farm 1 project. Scientists at Plymouth […]
EU project to farm kelp and mussels at offshore wind farms. Through the OLAMUR project, 25 partners from European industry and research organisations will work together to farm kelp and […]
Crown Estate accelerates plans for floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea with multi-million pound programme of marine surveys. The Crown Estate has announced its first major investment in surveys […]
Offshore wind developers urged to protect local fishing industry. Offshore windfarm developers are being urged to spend some of their billion pound-plus development resources on protecting Shetland’s fishing industry. Ocean […]
Offshore windfarms help Whitby Lobster Hatchery. Whitby Lobster Hatchery has announced that two offshore windfarms will increase and extend their support to help the charity officially open its doors for […]
Project to assess impact of offshore wind farms on marine ecosystem. Bangor University scientists are leading the research for the new £2m ECOWind-ACCELERATE project. Bangor University scientists are leading the […]
Strong Scottish public support for offshore wind power. The vast majority of people in Scotland believe offshore wind has a vital role to play in Scotland’s future, according to a […]
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