The divers will be retrieving groundbreaking measurements of how the vessel’s propellers interact with sea ice – using instrumentation deployed in the Antarctic for only the second time.
The Crown Estate set to partner with Equinor and Gwynt Glas – a joint venture between EDF Renewables UK and ESB – to drive the creation of new jobs and economic growth through new floating windfarms off the coasts of Wales and South West England.
The Dreadnought-class submarines will replace the Vanguard-class boats that have been in service since the 1990s. These new submarines will be larger, more stealthy, and significantly more advanced.
The UK Government has awarded more than £55 million to Port of Cromarty Firth in a huge boost to secure critical facilities needed for the rapid development of new floating offshore windfarms and ensure they are built from the UK.
The Unity contract stretches over eight years and brings together all elements of research and technology, design, manufacture and in-service support of the nuclear reactors that power the Royal Navy’s fleet of submarines.
As Russia likely deploys autonomous submarines to map and monitor vital data cables in UK waters, the “drone war” that has developed in the skies above the battlefields of Ukraine is slowly but surely moving to the seas.
RenewableUK, the Offshore Wind Industry Council, The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland have published a detailed Industrial Growth Plan, setting out how to triple offshore wind manufacturing capacity over the next ten years.
