In the UK jurisdiction, construction of the first floating offshore wind farm has begun. However, the processes has faced several governance challenges that may slow implementation. In parallel, Ireland plans to develop its own pipeline of offshore wind projects to achieve national targets of 37 GW capacity of offshore renewable energy by 2050. This will be quite a leap for a country that, despite being an island, has just one offshore wind farm at present. Three distinguis

Improving co-existence between offshore wind energy and nature in Norway. Norway has established policy goals that are consistent with the objectives and aspirations of the European Green Deal regarding decarbonization and environmental sustainability. Offshore wind is seen as an important source of renewable energy that should play an essential role in the country's transition towards a carbon-neutral economy. However, offshore wind competes for the ocean space with other ma

Two workshops were held to get input on how to achieve the future vision of there being no major co-existence conflicts between offshore wind and nature in the allocation of areas and licenses for offshore wind in Norway. At the two workshops the stakeholders worked in groups and came up with several measures that could be implemented from today until 2040 to achieve good co-existence with nature in development of ocean wind projects. All groups emphasised the need to secure

Nordic Folkecenter has published the latest programme for the forthcoming workshop (also provided below). Deadline for in-person participation is 13 October 2025 at 23:59 CET. Thursday 23 October 2025 09:30 Opening of the room & light refreshments 10:00 Welcome Jane Kruse, Director, Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, Denmark 10:10 PERMAGOV Results: Governing Energy Islands in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape Sun Cole Seeberg Dyremose, PhD Fellow, Centre for Blue Gover

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