Four missing after wind farm construction rig tilts
A tilting wind farm construction rig off the coast of Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, China, has left four missing.
Health and Safety
Iranian nuclear plant shutdown highlights the unique risks of nuclear power
Nuclear power’s cleanliness and reliability are attractive, but its unique risks are demonstrated at the...
Complete Training Solutions launches mental health course for workers
Complete Training Solutions, health and safety training provider for the Global Wind Organisation and renewable...
Same virus, different impacts: how Covid-19 has hit the energy plans of low-income countries harder
The disproportionate impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic are well-documented, and the energy sector has been...
The Great State of Texas: explaining the power crisis and what happens next
The devastating winter storm that hit Texas sent energy prices skyrocketing but made the Bank...
Dumping 1.2 million tonnes of Fukushima nuclear plant water into the ocean ‘unavoidable issue’
The Japanese Government decided on Tuesday to release 1.2 million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the No. 1 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, the epicentre of the 2011 Fukushima disaster, into the ocean.
Widescale adoption of carbon removal tech is not as unlikely as it seems
In September last year, the Metronome clock in Union Square, Manhattan, US, was replaced with a climate clock, projecting the time left until the earth completely consumes its carbon budget.
Carbon inequality: redressing the balance for universal sustainable energy access
Around 13% of the global population don’t have access to energy for their basic needs. Meanwhile, high energy and transport use by the richest in society creates more than double the carbon emissions of the...
OPITO launches offshore wind training standards
Not-for-profit training standards company OPITO has launched its first training standards for the offshore wind industry.
Ørsted launches immersive training programme in UK
Denmark-based wind farm development company Ørsted has launched an immersive safety training programme in the UK.
Scandinavian countries detect nuclear particle emissions from Russia
Nuclear monitoring stations in Sweden have detected radioactive particles suggesting a nuclear incident in Eastern Europe.
