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Offshore Design Engineering (ODE) has been chosen as owner’s engineer for the up to 1500MW Irish offshore wind project Codling Wind Park. ODE will work closely with client Codling Wind Park Ltd (CWPL), a 50:50 joint venture between Fred Olsen Renewables and EDF Renewables. Initially planned as two separate wind farms, the now-combined Codling Wind Park is expected to span an area of around 125 square km, approximately 13-22 km off the County Wicklow coast, between Greystones and Wicklow Town....

SHARE The sighting of record numbers of a critically endangered bird in Abu Dhabi this winter has excited conservationists. At least 34 sociable lapwings – scientific name Vanellus gregarius – were recorded at Al Maha Pivot Fields on February 16. This is almost three times the previous record, when 12 were sighted. Numbers have declined more than 90 per cent since the 1930s, with just 24,000 left in the world. While they are usually recorded in the UAE in very small numbers every year...