2320 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

2320 results found for 'Shetland Islands'
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  • The Crown Estate Responds to News on Empowering Scottish Islands

    17 June 2014
    Authorities & Government

    Scottish First Minister yesterday made a speech in Kirkwall outlining his proposals to empower the Islands – Orkney, Shetland, the Western Isles – if Scotland becomes independent.  The section on harnessing islands resources includes proposals relating to The Crown Estate such as devolving foreshore to the Islands and a proportion of leasing revenue going to the local […]

  • NKT sets date for Shetland link boulder relocation

    3 November 2021
    Operations & Maintenance

    NKT is set to undertake boulder relocation along the Shetland HVDC link cable route between Noss Head, North of Wick, and the landfall in Weisdale Voe in Scotland.

  • Celtic Norse Cable Branches to Scotland and Iceland

    1 November 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Celtic Norse fibre optic cable between Norway and Ireland will be partnered by Vodafone Iceland to develop a branch into Iceland. It is also investigating the opportunity to develop a branch into Scotland, initially with the government’s infrastructure body, the Scottish Futures Trust and Host in Scotland, the datacenter umbrella body which it sponsors. Celtic […]

  • Moray First Marine Completes Recovery Work Off Island of Canna, Scotland

    20 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Moray First Marine, a workboat and ROV operations company based in Lossiemouth on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland, completed an impressive feat recently as they recovered a Marine Scotland current meter from a depth of 170m with their free swimming Sub Atlantic Mojave ROV. Working from the NLV Polestar, the Moray First Marine team […]

  • Highlands and Islands MSP seeks review into island interconnectors

    15 May 2015
    Authorities & Government

    Scottish MSP representing the Highlands and Islands, Mike MacKenzie, has written to the new UK Energy Secretary, Amber Rudd, calling for an urgent review into island interconnectors for Orkney, Shetland and Westerns Isles to keep Scotland’s leading position in marine renewable energy.  “We are ten years ahead of the rest of the world in wave and tidal power research and […]

  • Rebuilding Poplar Island with Clean Dredged Material

    29 July 2019
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    For the past 25 years, the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island has built island habitat in the Chesapeake Bay.  Since 1994, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, and its partners have been working to restore remote island habitat in the Chesapeake Bay by beneficially using dredged material at Poplar […]

  • New ultra-deep port to unlock Scotland’s decommissioning potential

    11 September 2018

    Dales Voe in Shetland has been identified as the optimal location for an ultra-deepwater port following an extensive feasibility study.

  • Scottish Government Supports Shetland Harbour Project

    17 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Alex Salmond announced a £10 million package to support plans for a deep-water quay facility in Shetland to secure decommissioning work on major offshore structures from the Northern North Sea. Following a meeting in Oslo on Tuesday with senior executives of AF Group and Lerwick Port Authority, the First Minister today said the Scottish Government […]

  • Scotland to Join Forces with Ireland for Renewable Energy Progress

    21 December 2011

    The focus is offshore when it comes to renewable energy in Scotland, but the Scots figure that to really get the most out of the wind… By Pete Danko ( earthtechling ) [mappress] Source: earthtechling, December 21, 2011

  • Fatal accident inquiry planned for 2013 offshore helicopter crash

    12 June 2019

    A fatal accident inquiry into a 2013 Super Puma deadly offshore helicopter crash in the UK is to be held, BBC has reported, citing a statement by the Crown Office.

  • Scottish energy chief welcomes Shetland tidal-storage scheme

    31 October 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    Scotland’s Energy Minister, Paul Wheelhouse, has praised Nova Innovation’s milestone of delivering baseload power to the grid by combining tidal energy generation with Tesla energy storage system.

  • Top news, August 29 – September 4, 2016

    4 September 2016

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from August 29 – September 4, 2016. World’s largest tidal turbine preparing for installation at EMEC Scotrenewables Tidal Power is performing final commissioning checks on the SR2000 floating tidal turbine before connecting the device to its mooring system at EMEC’s Fall […]

  • Government Reappoints HIE Board Members (UK)

    20 February 2012
    Authorities & Government

      Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism Fergus Ewing today announced the re-appointment of Craig Spence and Steven Thomson to the board of Highlands and Islands Enterprise. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is the Scottish Government’s economic development agency for an area covering more than half of Scotland’s land mass, stretching from Shetland in the […]

  • Inverness Hosts Scotland’s Largest Marine Energy Conference

    17 September 2013

    Scotland, and in particular the Highlands and Islands, is continuing to lead the world in the development of marine energy devices – according to the Chief Executive of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). Alex Paterson opened the annual Scottish Renewables Marine Energy Conference at Eden Court, Inverness yesterday (16 September). Up to 300 delegates and […]

  • Scotland approves 30MW West Islay tidal farm

    21 June 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The Scottish government has granted the planning consent for a tidal energy farm to be located off the south-west coast of Islay.

  • Inverness Hosts Scotland’s Largest Marine Energy Conference

    17 September 2013

    Scotland, and in particular the Highlands and Islands, is continuing to lead the world in the development of marine energy devices – according to the Chief Executive of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). Alex Paterson opened the annual Scottish Renewables Marine Energy Conference at Eden Court, Inverness yesterday (16 September). Up to 300 delegates and […]

  • SSEN taps Hitachi ABB Power Grids for Shetland HVDC link

    3 August 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Hitachi ABB Power Grids has won a contract from SSEN Transmission to deliver a pioneering multi-terminal HVDC interconnection in Shetland. It marks a European first for the HDVC Light technology and the second project of its kind in the world. The link, which will connect Shetland to the UK transmission system for the first time, […]

  • Digital Scotland Project Gets First Beneficiaries

    18 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Homes and businesses in Lerwick on Shetland are set to be Scotland’s first island community to get fibre broadband as part of the $688 million Digital Scotland partnership. Lerwick joins Keith in Moray as the latest areas to be announced as part of the Digital Highlands and Islands project which will deliver fibre broadband to […]

  • Nova bags funding for Shetland Tidal Array storage

    10 May 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The energy storage project, led by tidal energy developer Nova Innovation and project partner Denchi, has been selected to receive funding through the Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme (LCITP).

  • Scottish Green Energy Awards shortlists wave, tidal finalists

    7 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    Two tidal and wave energy developers have been revealed as finalists for Scottish Renewables’ Green Energy Awards 2016.

  • Western Isles reach full grid capacity

    8 June 2015
    Authorities & Government, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    With the Western Isles grid now operating at full capacity, Scottish and Southern Energy Power Distribution (SSEPD) together with representatives from the Comhairle, developers and Community Energy Scotland has set to explore alternative and innovative ways by which to connect additional renewables in the Islands. The joint effort has resulted with the establishment of Western […]

  • Foster Wheeler Lands Contract for EGSP in Scotland

    21 December 2011

    Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract by BP Exploration Operating Company Limited for BP Exploration’s Enhanced Gas Separation Project (EGSP) in Scotland. The Foster Wheeler contract value for the project was not disclosed. Interim releases of […]

  • GALLERY: Pioneering Spirit brings Ninian Northern topside for decommissioning

    1 September 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Heavy lifting, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Allseas’ giant heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has delivered the 14,200 tonne Ninian Northern platform topside to the Lerwick port in Scotland for decommissioning.

  • Scottish Renewable Energy Developers Express Concerns Over Grid Delays

    14 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The delays in building electricity transfer links cause the risk for Scotland’s planned offshore tidal, wave and wind power plants, the renewable energy developers announce. According to the founder and director of Pelamis Wave Power, Richard Yemm, wave and tidal energy projects are reliant on the new links to deliver electricity from Orkney, Shetland and […]

  • HDD ops starting at Shetland subsea link

    30 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    NKT is about to kick off operations at Noss Head in Scotland to install the horizontal directional drilled (HDD) landfall for the Shetland HVDC Link.