{"id":254126,"date":"2023-04-22T17:28:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T15:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=254126"},"modified":"2023-04-22T17:28:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T15:28:45","slug":"russian-spy-ships-linked-to-north-sea-wind-farms-sabotage-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=254126","title":{"rendered":"Russian \u2019spy ships\u2018 linked to North Sea wind farms sabotage plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Tallbloke’s Talkshop<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 19, 2023 by\u00a0oldbrew<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hornsea Offshore Wind Project, Yorkshire, England
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This puts a whole new slant on claims of wind power boosting energy security.<\/em>
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Russia has a programme to sabotage wind farms and communication cables in the North Sea, according to new allegations, says BBC News<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The details come from a joint investigation by public broadcasters in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It says Russia has a fleet of vessels disguised as fishing trawlers and research vessels in the North Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They carry underwater surveillance equipment and are mapping key sites for possible sabotage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BBC understands that UK officials are aware of Russian vessels moving around UK waters as part of the programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first of a series of reports is due to be broadcast on Wednesday by DR in Denmark, NRK in Norway, SVT in Sweden and Yle in Finland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Danish counter-intelligence officer says the sabotage plans are being prepared in case of a full conflict with the West while the head of Norwegian intelligence told the broadcasters the programme was considered highly important for Russia and controlled directly from Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The broadcasters say they have analysed intercepted Russian communications which indicate so-called ghost ships sailing in Nordic waters which have turned off the transmitters so as not to reveal their locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report focuses on a Russian vessel called the Admiral Vladimirsky. Officially, this is an Expeditionary Oceanographic Ship, or underwater research vessel. But the report alleges that it is in fact a Russian spy ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The documentary uses an anonymous former UK Royal Navy expert to track the movements of the vessel in the vicinity of seven wind farms off the coast of the UK and the Netherlands on one mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full article here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This puts a whole new slant on claims of wind power boosting energy security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":254130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818611,691818877,691818610,691818744,691818603,691818876,691818878,691818879],"class_list":["post-254126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-denmark","tag-finland","tag-north-sea","tag-norway","tag-russia","tag-sweden","tag-uk-royal-navy","tag-wind-farm","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0YAYMFVFJU4W0MJ00I1L8.jpg?fit=1657%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-146O","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":253391,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=253391","url_meta":{"origin":254126,"position":0},"title":"Report: Seabird numbers decrease by 90% near offshore wind farms","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"04\/17\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"A new study by German scientists has found that diving seabird numbers decreased by an alarming 90 percent near offshore wind turbine installations.","rel":"","context":"In \"climate activists\"","block_context":{"text":"climate activists","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-activists"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0offshore-wind-farm-birds.webp?fit=1200%2C795&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0offshore-wind-farm-birds.webp?fit=1200%2C795&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0offshore-wind-farm-birds.webp?fit=1200%2C795&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0offshore-wind-farm-birds.webp?fit=1200%2C795&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0offshore-wind-farm-birds.webp?fit=1200%2C795&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":259665,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=259665","url_meta":{"origin":254126,"position":1},"title":"Cargo Ship Arrives in Germany with Large Hole After Striking Wind Farm","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"05\/30\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Germany\u2019s water police are investigating what they believe may be the first case in which a working merchant ship underway struck a North Sea wind farm. 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