Building offshore renewable energy fast is one thing. Building it sustainably is another. That second part is what we work on in ORESA, and environmental monitoring sits right at the centre of it. This short explainer from DMEC, ORESA’s Project Lead, features project manager Sarah Kluge on why monitoring matters and what it's already telling us about offshore wind and marine life:
🌊 Wind farms can affect marine life in both positive and negative ways
🪸 Some seabed ecosystems are still changing 13 years on
⏳ Yet most monitoring stops after 5 years
🧩 And there's no shared standard for the data we collect
For the SMEs and innovators we support, this is the evidence base behind nature-inclusive design. You can't design with nature in mind if you can't measure your impacts on it.
And there's more. Our 3rd Innovation Call is now open. SMEs working in offshore wind, wave or tidal energy can join the French Hub accelerator: an intensive training week in Brest (16 to 20 November 2026) covering nature-inclusive design, life cycle assessment and circularity, sustainability policy, and linking profitability with sustainability.
Applications close on 10 July 2026. Interested SMEs can register and find out more here: https://airtable.com/appGY6SVpMxrCVJUk/shrydMlTg9t24uYKC