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Head and shoulders photo of David Griffiths, Chair, G+

17/4/2024 Comment / David Griffiths

Understanding health and safety for offshore wind

No longer in its infancy, the global offshore wind industry is nevertheless still in a dynamic growth phase and is perhaps the key future electricity generation option. Here, David Griffiths reports as the new Chair of the industry’s health and safety organisation, G+, which is run in partnership with the Energy Institute.

Wind

18/6/2025 News

France and China push the boundaries of offshore wind as UK trade body advises caution on work safety

France has debuted its first floating offshore wind farm and China is testing what is claimed to be the world’s largest offshore wind turbine. Meanwhile, unprecedented growth in the global offshore wind sector is reported to have been accompanied by a rise in injury rates.

Onshore wind

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14/1/2026 Feature / Darren Taylor

Safety in word and deed: Darren Taylor on psychological safety and operational excellence in onshore wind

Marking Stand Up for Safety Week (12–16 January 2026), New Energy World speaks with Darren Taylor, Head of Onshore Operations UK & Ireland at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and newly appointed Chair of SafetyOn, about human factors, leadership and building a safer, more open onshore wind industry.

Health and safety

Bird's eye view of two emergency responders in high-viz yellow jackets and white hard hats attending a person lying on a concrete floor outside, having fallen from a scaffolding tower

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25/3/2026 Feature / Kristy Jooste

Going beyond understanding ‘what went wrong’

The Energy Institute has launched an updated and expanded version of EI 3295: Reporting, investigating and learning from incidents, accidents and events, writes Energy Institute Senior Content Officer Kristy Jooste.

Wind

14/8/2024 News

New support for offshore wind: from delivery drones to favourable financing

While Ørsted deploys drones at offshore wind farms and the European Investment Bank launches a supply chain initiative, a new report from think tank Ember warns that global offshore wind capacity is still not growing fast enough.

Health and safety

Head and shoulders photo of Harry Moss MEI, Founder, IM3R

17/1/2024 Comment / Harry Moss

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Harry Moss MEI

Some 65 million people worldwide work in energy, and a career in this sector can mean collaborating with a multitude of backgrounds in a broad range of countries and regions. The career of Harry Moss MEI, Founder of consultancy IM3R Limited, illustrates this as he reflects on the benefits these experiences have brought him.

Wind

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11/2/2026 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Problem solving: how wind power uses a UK agency to resolve demanding engineering challenges

An Innovate UK agency helps connect big company problems with solutions that often come from small firms in other industrial sectors, to avoid reinventing the wheel. New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple MEI reports.

Health and safety

Close up of two people in safety gear tackling a fire contained in a small metal container with a fire extinguisher, with plumes of CO2 gas billowing from extinguisher nozzle

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25/2/2026 Feature / Charlie Bush

Medical and physiological effects of CO₂ exposure: implications for CCUS deployment

While low ambient concentrations of CO₂ are harmless, acute exposure in enclosed environments can lead to symptoms ranging from headache and dizziness to loss of consciousness and death. Understanding these physiological mechanisms is essential for developing safety thresholds and exposure limits that underpin regulatory standards and emergency response planning, with particular implications for carbon capture use and storage (CCUS) development. Charlie Bush reports.

Health and safety

Man in kayak, paddling between two pole markers in white choppy waters of slalom race

EI Member only

18/6/2025 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Making industry safer, one job at a time

The latest Incident Data Report published by G+ last week demonstrates the value of reporting incidents both for individuals and companies working both in offshore wind and in other industries. As important as it is, other Energy Institute resources such as Toolbox can prove equally instructive, Senior Editor Will Dalrymple learned when he spoke with Siemens Gamesa’s Graeme Paterson.

Health and safety

Head and shoulders photo of Lisbeth Frømling

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14/5/2025 Feature / Lisbeth Frømling

Putting safety first – with a human touch

Lisbeth Frømling, Ørsted’s Safety Chief and newly appointed Chair of G+ is intent on redefining leadership in offshore wind. Sara Siddeeq reports.

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Understanding health and safety for offshore wind

France and China push the boundaries of offshore wind as UK trade body advises caution on work safety

Safety in word and deed: Darren Taylor on psychological safety and operational excellence in onshore wind

Going beyond understanding ‘what went wrong’

New support for offshore wind: from delivery drones to favourable financing

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Harry Moss MEI

Problem solving: how wind power uses a UK agency to resolve demanding engineering challenges

Medical and physiological effects of CO₂ exposure: implications for CCUS deployment

Making industry safer, one job at a time

Putting safety first – with a human touch