2327 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

2327 results found for 'Shetland Islands'
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  • Shell’s new North Sea FPSO brings UK’s oil & gas field back online

    4 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Shell has put into operation mode its first new FPSO in the North Sea after more than two decades have gone by since its previous one.

  • Stena Line picks Norsepower rotor sails for brand new methanol-ready NewMax ferry

    19 March 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Vessels

    Swedish ferry company Stena Line has decided to equip its methanol hybrid newbuild roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel with a wind propulsion solution to be provided by Finish cleantech company Norsepower.

  • CorPower Ocean and NTNU join forces on AI-controlled wave energy tech

    19 March 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean has secured funding from Sweden’s national innovation agency, Vinnova, to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into its wave energy technology in collaboration with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).  According to CorPower Ocean, the WACE (Wave energy AI-based Control Enhancement) project, running until November 2025, aims to optimize […]

  • Equitix, Kyuden Group buy Seagreen 1 offshore transmission system

    10 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Infrastructure

    The joint venture between SSE Renewables, TotalEnergies and PTTEP has signed an agreement with a consortium of Equitix and Kyuden Group to sell the offshore transmission assets of the Seagreen Phase 1 offshore wind farm in Scotland. The Seagreen 1 transmission assets transmit electricity from the offshore wind farm via three export cables, each approximately […]

  • Carnegie Clean Energy’s wave energy technology gets funding boost

    11 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Australia’s wave energy developer Carnegie Clean Energy has received a €317,945 “milestone payment” from the Basque Energy Agency (Ente Vasco de la Energía – EVE) for its ACHIEVE+ wave energy project. The company’s subsidiary, Carnegie Technologies Spain, secured the payment under EVE’s grants program, which supports the demonstration and validation of emerging marine renewable energy […]

  • Navantia UK to produce subsea structures for McDermott at recently acquired yard

    26 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders

    Navantia UK has secured a contract with McDermott for the delivery of subsea structures that will be manufactured at the Arnish facility it recently acquired as part of the purchase of Harland & Wolff. Navantia UK completed the acquisition of the British shipbuilder Harland & Wolff and its operations across four sites – Belfast in […]

  • Scotland eyes almost $10B marine energy boost by 2050

    11 February 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Vision

    Scotland’s tidal stream and wave energy sector could generate over £8 billion (almost $10 billion) in economic benefits and create more than 15,000 jobs by 2050 if the country retains its leadership position in the field, University of Edinburgh’s (UoE) new report reveals. Published by the UoE and commissioned by Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Wave Energy […]

  • Industry welcomes report on almost $10B potential of Scotland’s wave and tidal energy

    12 February 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Vision

    Industry players have welcomed a new report that highlights the potential of Scotland’s wave and tidal energy sector to generate up to £8 billion (almost $10 billion) for the economy by 2050, supporting more than 15,000 direct jobs and driving investment in coastal communities. Commissioned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) subsidiary Wave Energy Scotland […]

  • Multi-billion projects at stake: Another blow for UK’s largest untapped oil & gas duo but Shell, Equinor, and Ithaca remain upbeat

    3 February 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Which side will come on top is not yet clear, but it is unlikely that either will throw in the towel at this late stage in the UK’s oil and gas saga without a fight.

  • GALLERY: Clair Ridge Jackets Installed Offshore Shetland Islands

    13 August 2013

    BP and its co-venturers, ConocoPhillips, Chevron and Shell, have announced the safe installation of the Clair Ridge platform jackets, a major milestone in the Clair Ridge project. Clair Ridge is a £4.5billion investment in the second phase of development on the Clair field which lies 75km to the west of the Shetland Islands. The project […]

  • UK: Shetland Islands Council Calls for Aberdeen Harbour Dredging

    10 November 2010

    The operators of Aberdeen Harbour should dredge the entrance and consider a better breakwater to help ships in bad weather, it has been… (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, November 11, 2010;

  • Natural Power to Map Shetland Islands Marine Renewable Resources (UK)

    21 February 2011
    Research & Development

    Natural Power’s marine renewables team have been working with Shetland Islands Council over the past 12 months to map their marine renewable resources as a follow on to the Council’s successful Marine Spatial Planning exercise and are looking forward to publishing the results in the spring of 2011. Building on their successful resource modelling work […]

  • TMS Busy in the Shetland Islands, Toft Pier Development in Full Swing

    28 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    TMS Ltd crews are currently in the Shetland Islands, a subarctic archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, working on Toft Pier development. According to their latest project update, the weather has been testing them, but the sixth pile gate has now been set up on the seaward side. “Now that the piles are complete […]

  • NAFC Marine Centre Releases Offshore Renewables Guidelines for Shetland Islands

    21 November 2012

    NAFC Marine Centre Marine Spatial Planning team has published a new report ‘Regional Locational Guidance for wave and tidal energy in the Shetland Islands’. It provides guidance to the marine renewables industry on the siting of wave and tidal devices. The report details the methodology used to integrate environmental, social and economic considerations into the […]

  • Natural Power to Map Shetland Islands Marine Renewable Resources (UK)

    21 February 2011
    Research & Development

    Natural Power’s marine renewables team have been working with Shetland Islands Council over the past 12 months to map their marine renewable resources as a follow on to the Council’s successful Marine Spatial Planning exercise and are looking forward to publishing the results in the spring of 2011. Building on their successful resource modelling work […]

  • The Crown Estate Approves Wave Power Development off Shetland Islands (UK)

    17 May 2011

    Vattenfall has formed a joint venture company, Aegir Wave Power, together with the Scottish wave power technology company Pelamis Wave Power. The company has today obtained authorisation to continue development of an area close to the Shetland Islands for wave power generation. Aegir, in which Vattenfall owns a 51% share, has been working to develop […]

  • The Crown Estate Approves Wave Power Development off Shetland Islands (UK)

    17 May 2011

    Vattenfall has formed a joint venture company, Aegir Wave Power, together with the Scottish wave power technology company Pelamis Wave Power. The company has today obtained authorisation to continue development of an area close to the Shetland Islands for wave power generation. Aegir, in which Vattenfall owns a 51% share, has been working to develop […]

  • Natural Power Assist the Shetland Islands to Map Their Marine Renewable Resources (UK)

    14 February 2011

    Natural Power’s marine renewables team have been working with Shetland Islands Council over the past 12 months to map their marine renewable resources as a follow on to the Council’s successful Marine Spatial Planning exercise and are looking forward to publishing the results in the spring of 2011. Building on their successful resource modelling work […]

  • UK: Shetland Islands Council Invites Tenders for Underwater Cable Laying Works

    13 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Shetland Islands Council has announced a tender procedure for underwater cable laying works. The Council intends to place an underwater fiber optic telecommunications cable in Clift Sound from the Trondra Bridge to Maywick. The works consist of laying a cable from an existing manhole adjacent to the Trondra Bridge to Faroese Telecom’s building at Maywick. […]

  • Natural Power Helps Shetland Islands Council Map their Marine Renewable Resources (UK)

    14 October 2011

      Natural Power’s marine renewables team have been working with Shetland Islands Council over the past 12 months to map their marine renewable resources as a follow on to the Council’s successful Marine Spatial Planning exercise and are looking forward to publishing the results in the spring of 2011. Building on their successful resource modelling […]

  • Natural Power Helps Shetland Islands Council Map their Marine Renewable Resources (UK)

    14 October 2011

      Natural Power’s marine renewables team have been working with Shetland Islands Council over the past 12 months to map their marine renewable resources as a follow on to the Council’s successful Marine Spatial Planning exercise and are looking forward to publishing the results in the spring of 2011. Building on their successful resource modelling […]

  • UK: BP Draws Up Contingency Plan to Tackle Oil Spill Off Shetland Islands

    12 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      BP has drawn up a contingency plan to tackle an oil spill off the coast Shetland Isalnds, which has the potential to be bigger than its … By Ewan Palmer (ibtimes) [mappress] Source: ibtimes, October 12 , 2011;

  • UK: BP Draws Up Contingency Plan to Tackle Oil Spill Off Shetland Islands

    13 October 2011
    Project & Tenders

    BP has drawn up a contingency plan to tackle an oil spill off the coast Shetland Isalnds, which has the potential to be bigger than its … By Ewan Palmer (ibtimes) [mappress] Source: ibtimes, October 13 , 2011;

  • UK: Shetland Wave Energy Scheme to Power Ahead in 2013

    6 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The partners behind plans for Shetland’s first wave power scheme will tell island representatives this week that it is set to ramp up public consultation and environmental research off the south west mainland ahead of a planning application in 2015. The work planned for the Aegir scheme in 2013 will be outlined by European energy […]

  • UK: Shetland Good to Go with Wave Energy

    6 November 2012

    The partners behind plans for Shetland’s first wave power scheme will tell island representatives this week that it is set to ramp up public consultation and environmental research off the south west mainland ahead of a planning application in 2015. The work planned for the Aegir scheme in 2013 will be outlined by European energy […]