Mussel power: how an offshore shellfish farm is boosting marine life: Over the past 50 years, global aquaculture including fish, mussel and seaweed farms has grown dramatically. Almost half of the world’s wild-caught fish is used to produce fishmeal and oils that feed farmed fish. Mussel farming provides a more sustainable alternative protein source for …
Offshore wind farms: policymakers are more influenced by reports that accentuate negative impacts – new study: New metrics could help policymakers assess the benefits and environmental effects of offshore wind more effectively dragancfm/Shutterstock Towering up to 260m above the ocean’s surface, modern wind turbines are impressive feats of engineering, producing much-needed renewable energy. But what …
Electrifying offshore platforms targets a tiny fraction of the oil industry’s emissions: David Nixon/Shutterstock We are all familiar with the greenhouse gas emissions that come from burning fossil fuels in car engines, central heating systems and power stations. Little discussed is the climate footprint of producing oil and gas in the first place. Extracting, refining …
Rosebank shows the UK’s offshore oil regulator no longer serves the public good: Igor Hotinsky / Shutterstock In a four-line statement announcing the approval of the new Rosebank oil field 80 miles west of Shetland, the UK’s offshore oil and gas regulator showed its mission no longer serves the public good. The announcement by the …
Offshore wind: a perfect storm of inflation and policy uncertainty risks derailing the UK’s main hope for a low-carbon future: pauljrobinson/Shutterstock In what many have deemed a disaster, the UK government’s latest auction for renewable power – an annual attempt to incentivise private sector investment in a range of power sources – has failed to …
Offshore windfarms could offer new habitats for lobsters – new research: The European lobster (Homarus gammarus) Dave M Hunt Photography/Shutterstock Over the past decade, offshore wind turbines have become an ever more present feature along UK coastlines. As part of reaching net zero, the government has ambitious plans for increasing the capacity of offshore wind …
The world needs hundreds of thousands more offshore wind turbines – where will they all go?: We'll need tens of thousands of new turbines if net-zero targets are to be met. Shaun Wilkinson / Shutterstock To reach net zero, the world may need as many 200,000 offshore wind turbines generating 2,000 gigawatts (GW) of energy. …
Offshore wind farm construction is noisy – but gadgets used to protect marine mammals are working: Harbour porpoises are the most common toothed whale in the turbine-rich North Sea. Onutancu/Shutterstock The European Union had 14.6 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy installed in 2021, and this is projected to increase by at least 25 times …
Ireland has the wind and seas to become an offshore superpower: The Irish government signed up to the recent Glasgow Climate Pact and used the summit to announce a raft of ambitious goals, including the development of 5 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy up to 2030. That would more than double the country’s current …
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Offshore wind turbines could number 30,000 by 2030 – new ideas in ocean engineering are needed to install them: Nuttawut Uttamaharad/Shutterstock The UK is planning to install 40 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030 – enough to provide electricity to every home in the country. This would require 5,000 wind turbines – double the …
UK offshore asylum plan is just another way of imposing forced movement on vulnerable people: Incarceration of asylum seekers in offshore camps would be in breach of UK's responsibilities under international human rights conventions. Andrew Chisholm via Shutterstock Asylum seekers who enter the UK “irregularly” – that is, without the required legal documents for entry …
G7 summit: UK is badly conflicted between offshore tax havens and Biden’s global tax drive: US and UK finance ministers Janet Yellen and Rishi Sunak at G7 meeting in London. EPA For four decades, there has been a global race to the bottom on multinational tax, with Britain and its network of tax havens at …
How robots could limit the environmental impact of offshore windfarms: Wind turbines require frequent maintenance – a job that can pose dangers for human operators and produces a significant carbon footprint. Peter Dargatz/Pixabay Spending on global offshore renewable energy infrastructure over the next ten years is expected to reach over US$ 16 billion (£11.3bn). This …
Offshore gas finds offered major promise for Mozambique: what went wrong: People displaced by the atacks on the town of Palma, northern Mozambique, flee to safety with meagre possessions. Alfredo Zuniga / AFP via Getty Images Recent events in Palma, a town in the volatile Cabo Delgado province in the north of Mozambique, have taken …
Boris Johnson’s offshore wind pledge is positive, but protecting UK jobs requires more: Nicholas Doherty/Unsplash, FAL Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, some countries have announced significant spending pledges to support a green recovery. Germany leads the way with a €40 billion (£36 billion) commitment to climate-related spending. The UK government’s plans, meanwhile, have …
Boris Johnson promises a UK offshore wind revolution – but China holds the monopoly on vital ‘rare earth’ metals: It wasn’t so long ago that the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, said wind turbines “couldn’t pull the skin off a rice pudding”. He now seems to have undergone something of a Damascene conversion, promising to …